Topos
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtoʊpɒs/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Topos is a noun meaning A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
Meaning
A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula.
More Meanings
- (category theory) A category that behaves like the category of sheaves of sets on a topological space (or, more generally, on a site).
- (Rugby School, slang) A toilet.
Example Sentences
The ritual of weighing the soul was an iconographic topos familiar to Christianity from the ceremony of the weighing of sins at the Last Judgement.
Word Forms
- topoi
- toposes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include top, trope, metonym, metonymy, aftertype, homotop.
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