tropology
noun
tro·pol·o·gy
trōˈpäləjē
plural -es
1
a
: a figurative mode of speech or writing
b
: a mode of biblical interpretation stressing a moral meaning inhering in the metaphorical character of language
2
: a treatise on or compilation of tropes
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