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Definitions for Trope

[1] Rhetoric . any literary or rhetorical device, as metaphor, metonymy, synecdoche, and irony, that consists in the use of words in other than their literal sense. an instance of this. Compare figure of speech.
[2] a phrase, sentence, or verse formerly interpolated in a liturgical text to amplify or embellish.
[3] (in the philosophy of Santayana) the principle of organization according to which matter moves to form an object during the various stages of its existence.
[4] a combining form meaning “one turned toward” that specified by the initial element (heliotrope ); also occurring in concrete nouns that correspond to abstract nouns ending in -tropy or -tropism: allotrope.
[5] rhetoric a word or expression used in a figurative sense
[6] an interpolation of words or music into the plainsong settings of the Roman Catholic liturgy
[7] indicating a turning towards, development in the direction of, or affinity to heliotrope

Words related to Trope

symbol, image, analogy, impression, perception, figure, idea, thought, notion, vision, similitude, emblem, personification, allegory, hope, metonymy, conception, conceit, construct, apprehension

Words nearby Trope

trop., tropaeolin, tropaeolum, tropaeum, tropaion, trope, tropeolin, troph-, trophaeum, trophallaxis, trophectoderm

Origin of Trope

-trope< Greek -tropos; see trope, tropo-

Word origin for Trope

-tropefrom Greek tropos a turn

Synonyms for Trope

analogy, image, symbol, allegory, emblem, hope, metonymy, personification, similitude