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Synonyms & Antonyms of tropological
expressing one thing in terms normally used for another
- a tropological construct that no reader of the text should take literally
Synonyms for tropological
- extended,
- figural,
- figurative,
- metaphoric
- (or metaphorical),
- tropical
Words Related to tropological
- Aesopian
- (also Aesopic),
- allegorical,
- emblematic
- (also emblematical),
- symbolic
- (also symbolical)
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“Tropological.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tropological. Accessed 5 Aug. 2021.
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The first known use of tropological was in the 14th century
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