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tropology

N การ ใช้ วิธีการ อุปมาอุปไมย  การ พูด เปรียบเทียบ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TROPOLOGY

n.[Gr. trope, and discourse. ] A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or change from the original import of the word.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

TROPOLOGY

Tro *pol "o *gy, n. Etym: [Gr. tropologie.]

 

Defn: A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes from the original import of the word. Sir T. Browne.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

tropology

tro pol o gy |trəˈpäləjē trəˈpɑləʤi | ▶noun the figurative use of language. • Christian Theology the figurative interpretation of the scriptures as a source of moral guidance. DERIVATIVES trop o log i cal |ˌträpəˈläjikəl |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek tropologia, from tropos (see trope ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

tropology

tropology |trəˈpɒlədʒi | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the figurative use of language. • Christian Theology the figurative interpretation of the scriptures as a source of moral guidance. DERIVATIVES tropological |trɒpəˈlɒdʒɪk (ə )l |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: via late Latin from Greek tropologia, from tropos (see trope ).