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use of figurative language – via word, phrase, or even an image – for artistic effect
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trope

Summary

trope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • trope is a type of stylistic device[2].
  • trope is a type of phrase[3].
  • trope is a type of meme[4].
  • trope's said to be the same as is recorded as literary trope[5].
  • trope's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Tropes[6].
  • trope's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[7].
  • trope's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[8].
  • trope's different from is recorded as Trop[9].
  • trope's different from is recorded as trope[10].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include stylistic device[2], phrase[3], and meme[4].

Why It Matters

trope ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[1] trope has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[11] trope is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

phrase

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [11] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Said to be the same as → literary trope
    Subclass of → stylistic device, phrase, meme
    Topic's main category → Category:Tropes
    Different from → Trop, trope
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 36471, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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