tropologically
- adverb
- /trəˈpɒlədʒɪkli/
- Literature
:
tropológicamente
- The poem uses imagery tropologically, allowing readers to see deeper meanings beneath the surface.
Examples
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In order to acquire these virtues, one must seek knowledge of them from Scripture (which, at times, enumerates them, as with the seven gifts), a process that, ultimately, the believer tropologically understands as the assimilation of the individual into the mystical body of Christ.
Academic text (2011) -
Like prosopopoeia, which "turns its medium tropologically, taking one thing for another through words or other signs," Ovid's stories of transformation form a line of substitution in which each story adds meaning to the previous stories and casts meaning onto subsequent ones (47).
Academic text (1996) -
In her speech, she explained the theme tropologically, illustrating how metaphors can change our understanding.
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The author approached the subject tropologically, suggesting that the events were not just historical facts but also moral lessons.
Synonyms
35
6.7
Not literally, it uses one thing to describe another
34
4.8
To use words to say something that is not literally true
In a way that is not meant to be taken literally
How Figurative
- Literature
1
7.9
- Literature
35
6.7
34
4.8
246
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
tropologically = tropological (semi-transparent) = tropology + ical + ly
Forming an adverb with the productive suffix '-ly' from an adjective is a standard and transparent operation.
Etymology
The word tropologically comes from the Greek root tropos, which means 'turn' or 'way'. It means using words in a 'turned' or non-literal way, like a trope or a 'metaphor'.