The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tropology
Tropology \Tro*pol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? a trope + ? discourse:
cf. F. tropologie.]
A rhetorical mode of speech, including tropes, or changes
from the original import of the word.
--Sir T. Browne.
Wiktionary
tropology
n. 1 (context rhetoric English) The use of a trope (metaphor or figure of speech). 2 (context theology philosophy English) The interpretation of scripture or other work in order to educe moral or figurative meaning; a treatise of such interpretation. 3 A recurring motif or metaphor, a trope; an interplay of tropes.