Trope

Quick meaning: Trope is a noun meaning (art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

Meaning

(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.

More Meanings

1. (medieval Christianity) An addition (of dialogue, song, music, etc.) to a standard element of the liturgy, serving as an embellishment.
2. (rhetoric) A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
3. (geometry) Mathematical senses.
4. (music) Musical senses.
5. (philosophy) Philosophical senses.
6. (transitive) To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
7. (transitive) Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.

Example Sentences

Since the tories have thus disappointed my hopes, / And will neither regard my figures nor tropes; I'll speech against peace while Dismal's my name, / And be a true whig, while I'm Not-in-game.

Usually known as 'tropes,' these interpolations consisted at first of but a few words; those of the Introit at the beginning of Mass on great festivals, however, often took the form of dialogues.

Contrary to the familiar trope that regulation kills innovation, Harding argues that in fact the political, moral and legal clarity provided by the Warnock commission spurred investment and economic growth.

They have completely supported the Russians diplomatically, they’ve abstained in key votes at the United Nations, they’ve absolutely cynically repeated all the Russian tropes, particularly in places like Africa and Latin America – [by]^([sic]) blaming Nato and all of this stuff.

Word Forms

• tropes
• troping
• troped

Synonyms for trope

Depending on context, synonyms include tropify, figure, image.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include image, figure, topos, subtrope, instance, commonplace.

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