HyperDic: topos

English > 1 sense of the word topos:
NOUNcognitiontoposa traditional theme or motif or literary convention
English > topos: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningA traditional theme or motif or literary convention.
Example"James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses"
Broadertheme, motifA unifying idea that is a recurrent element in literary or artistic work

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