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Preferred term

Tropes, figures of speech  

Definition(s)

  • A figure of speech which consists in the use of a word or phrase in a sense other than that which is proper to it; also, in casual use, a figure of speech; figurative language [OED]

Synonym(s)

  • Figures of speech, tropes
  • Speech, figures of, tropes

Notation

  • 121825

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URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-NWQXWJ19-Q

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