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tropology (s) (noun), tropologies (pl)
1. The use of figurative language in speech or in writing.
2. A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning.
This entry is located in the following units: -ology, -logy, -ologist, -logist (page 77) tropo-, trop-, -tropal, -trope(s), -tropic, -tropism, -tropia, -tropous, -tropy, trep- (page 5)