Definitions For Tropology

Noun

TROPOLOGY (plural tropologies) (rhetoric) The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech). (theology, philosophy) The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation. A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.

Usage notes

The countable interpretation of the sense the use of a trope is an instance of something being used as a trope, which is indistinguishable from trope.

Related terms

trope tropologic tropological

Etymology

From (Late Latin)  tropologia, from Late {{etyl, el, -}} τροπολογία, equivalent to trope + -ology.

See also

allegory anagogy exegesis hermeneutics

Anagrams

protology

Is Tropology a Scrabble Word?

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The word Tropology is worth 15 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

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