tropes
noun
Definitions
Something recurring across a genre or type of art or literature, such as the ‘mad scientist’ of horror movies or the use of the phrase ‘once upon a time’ as an introduction to fairy tales; a motif.
A figure of speech in which words or phrases are used with a nonliteral or figurative meaning, such as a metaphor.
Mathematical senses.
Musical senses.
verb
Definitions
To use, or embellish something with, a trope.
Senses relating chiefly to art or literature.
To think or write in terms of tropes.