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Tralation

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tropenoun(art, literature) Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature; a motif.
tropistnounOne who uses or deals in tropes.
metaphorizationnounThe process of metaphorizing.
metatropenounA trope (recurring theme) concerning tropes
ampliationoun(Roman law) A deferred decision.
metaphoricsnounThe use of metaphor generally.
figure of speechnoun(loosely) A turn of phrase that is not intended to be interpreted literally, but is used solely as a rhetorical device for the purpose of facilitating effective and nuanced communication.
rhetoricationnoun(obsolete) An instance of rhetoric, or excessive use of rhetoric
hypotyposisnoun(rhetoric) A vivid, picturesque description of scenes or events.
metaphoremenoun(linguistics) A non-literal expression with a relatively fixed lexicogrammatical form and specific semantics and pragmatics, associated with metaphoric language.
plocenoun(rhetoric) A figure of speech in which a word is repeated so as not only to signify the individual thing denoted by it, but also its peculiar attribute or quality.
agnominationnoun(rhetoric) A paronomasia, or allusion of one word to another
tautologynoun(uncountable) Redundant use of words, a pleonasm, an unnecessary and tedious repetition.
allegorismnounThe use of allegory.
periphrasenoun(rhetoric) The use of more words than are necessary to express the idea; a roundabout, or indirect, way of speaking; circumlocution.
periphrasisnounThe use of a longer expression instead of a shorter one with a similar meaning, for example "I am going to" instead of "I will".
polyptotonnoun(rhetoric) A stylistic scheme in which words from the same root are used together, or a word is repeated in a different inflection or case.
aureationnoun(rhetoric) The enhancement of the seriousness of a topic by the use of elaborate circumlocutions or polysyllabic or Latinate words for it.
palillogynounAlternative form of palilogy. [(rhetoric) Emphatic repetition of a word or phrase.]
antiphrasisnoun(rhetoric) Use of a word or phrase in a sense opposite of its literal meaning, especially for ironic or humorous effect.

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