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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tro•pol•o•gy (trō pol′ə jē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -gies for 2.- Rhetoricthe use of figurative language in speech or writing.
- Rhetorica treatise on figures of speech or tropes.
- Religionthe use of a Scriptural text so as to give it a moral interpretation or significance apart from its direct meaning.
- Greek tropología. See trope, -o-, -logy
- Late Latin tropologia
- 1510–20;
trop•o•log•ic (trop′ə loj′ik, trō′pə-),USA pronunciation trop′o•log′i•cal, adj. trop′o•log′i•cal•ly, adv. |