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Tropes
Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
📖 Definitions of "Tropes"
noun
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Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
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A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
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Mathematical senses.
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Musical senses.
verb
- 1
To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
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Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
- 3
To think or write in terms of tropes.
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