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1
a
: a word or expression used in a figurative sense : figure of speech
b
: a common or overused theme or device : cliché
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun a screenplay that reads like a catalog of mystery-thriller tropes
Recent Examples on the Web
Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Getting hit in the testicles is a trope that’s often featured in your work. Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022 While a protagonist wrestling with their own demons is a common trope in mysteries and thrillers, Lebeau doesn’t rely on gratuitous violence or gore. San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022 Yet the stress and the chaos and the finger-pointing when inevitable accidents occur keep them from forging the supportive workplace relationships that are another trope of shows like this. Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2022 That’s been the trope of New York for decades, if not nearly a full century. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 1 June 2022 Plagues and pandemics have become a popular trope in movies like Outbreak, Contagion, The Flu, and The Cassandra Crossing. Erin Prater, Fortune, 7 May 2022 But the idea that immigrants, and Latinos specifically, are illegally entering the country to vote Democratic has been a fringe right-wing trope for years, said Mike Madrid, a Republican political consultant and co-founder of the Lincoln Project. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Earlier that month, it was reported that in 2011 Gruden had used a racist trope in an email to describe NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who is Black. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2022 See More
Noun
This, Singh points out, is a common trope in colour-blind casting in both fantasies and historical dramas. Nylah Burton, refinery29.com, 16 Aug. 2022 Getting hit in the testicles is a trope that’s often featured in your work. Mike Sacks, The New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2022 While a protagonist wrestling with their own demons is a common trope in mysteries and thrillers, Lebeau doesn’t rely on gratuitous violence or gore. San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2022 Yet the stress and the chaos and the finger-pointing when inevitable accidents occur keep them from forging the supportive workplace relationships that are another trope of shows like this. Judy Berman, Time, 3 June 2022 That’s been the trope of New York for decades, if not nearly a full century. The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 1 June 2022 Plagues and pandemics have become a popular trope in movies like Outbreak, Contagion, The Flu, and The Cassandra Crossing. Erin Prater, Fortune, 7 May 2022 But the idea that immigrants, and Latinos specifically, are illegally entering the country to vote Democratic has been a fringe right-wing trope for years, said Mike Madrid, a Republican political consultant and co-founder of the Lincoln Project. New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022 Earlier that month, it was reported that in 2011 Gruden had used a racist trope in an email to describe NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith, who is Black. Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
borrowed from Latin tropus "figure of speech" (Medieval Latin, "embellishment to the sung parts of the Mass"), borrowed from Greek trópos "turn, way, manner, style, figurative expression," noun derivative from the base of trépein "to turn," probably going back to Indo-European *trep-, whence also Sanskrit trapate "(s/he) is ashamed, becomes perplexed," Hittite te-ri-ip-zi "(s/he) ploughs"
Note: Also compared is Latin trepit, glossed as vertit "(s/he) turns," but as this form is only attested in the lexicon of the grammarian Sextus Pompeius Festus, it may be a reconstruction based on the Greek word. The word tropes (genitive case) in the Old English translation of Bede's Ecclesiastical History is an isolated instance; the word was reborrowed from Latin or Greek in the 16th century.
Noun combining form
borrowed from Greek -tropos "turned, directed, living (in the manner indicated)," adjective derivative of trópos "turn, way, manner, style" — more at trope
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