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Noun Concept
Categories: Rhetoric stubs, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Rhetoric
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topos  literary topos  Literary topoi  topoi
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A traditional theme or motif or literary convention WordNet 3.0
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A traditional theme or motif or literary convention WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
In classical Greek rhetoric, topos, pl. topoi,, in Latin locus, refers to a method for developing arguments. Wikipedia
The concept in rhetoric based on "commonplaces" or standard topics Wikipedia Disambiguation
Standardized method of treating a theme in literature Wikidata
A literary theme or motif; a rhetorical convention or formula. Wiktionary
Literary theme. Wiktionary (translation)
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James Joyce uses the topos of the Wandering Jew in his Ulysses WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
IS A
theme
Rhetorical device
rhetorical device
HAS PART
Arcadia
HAS KIND
psychomachy
HAS INSTANCE
Fountain of Youth
Golden Age
love magic
anagnorisis
katabasis
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topique
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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topos
Wikipedia
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literary topos
Wikidata
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literary topos
Wiktionary
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topos
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Literary topoi
Wikidata Alias
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topoi, topos

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