noun
1 a: a word or expression used in a figurative sense : FIGURE OF SPEECH
1 b: a common or overused theme or device : CLICHÉ
// the usual horror movie tropes
2: a phrase or verse added as an embellishment or interpolation to the sung parts of the Mass in the Middle Ages
-trope
noun combining form
Definition of -trope (Entry 2 of 2): body characterized by (such) a stateallotrope
synonyms : banality, bromide, chestnut, cliché (also cliche), commonplace, groaner, homily, platitude, shibboleth, truism
antonyms : safeness, safety, secureness, security