tropological
adjective
tro·po·log·i·cal ˌtrō-pə-ˈlä-ji-kəl 
ˌträ-
1
: of, relating to, or involving biblical interpretation stressing moral metaphor
also : moral
2
: characterized or varied by tropes : figurative
tropologically
ˌtrō-pə-ˈlä-ji-k(ə-)lē
adverb ˌträ-
Synonyms
- extended
- figural
- figurative
- metaphoric
- metaphorical
- tropical
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
a tropological construct that no reader of the text should take literally
Word History
Etymology
Late Latin tropologicus "allegorical" (borrowed from Late Greek tropologikós, from Greek tropología "allegorical interpretation of Scripture" —from trópos trope + -o- -o- + -logia -logy— + -ikos -ic entry 1) + -al entry 1
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
tropological
adjective
as in metaphoric
expressing one thing in terms normally used for another a tropological construct that no reader of the text should take literally Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- metaphoric
- figurative
- figural
- metaphorical
- symbolic
- symbolical
- tropical
- allegorical
- emblematic
- extended
- nonliteral
- emblematical
- Aesopic
- sylleptic
- catachrestic
- euphemistic
- Aesopian
- catachrestical
- veritable
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- literal
- nonfigurative
- nonsymbolic
- nonmetaphorical