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topos \TOH-pohs\ [plural topoi]

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nounA traditional theme or motif; a literary convention.[Greek, short for (koinos) topos, (common)place.]"[T]he Israeli-Palestinian conflict has served authors of thrillers as a topos to write about from the vantage point of world-weary observers ...." - Hillel Halkin, The Jerusalem Syndrome, The New Republic, 25 May 1998.

Front	topos \TOH-pohs\ [plural topoi]
Back	noun A traditional theme or motif; a literary convention. [Greek, short for (koinos) topos, (common)place.] "[T]he Israeli-Palestinian conflict has served authors of thrillers as a topos to write about from the vantage point of world-weary observers ...." - Hillel Halkin, The Jerusalem Syndrome, The New Republic, 25 May 1998.

Topos Toh Pohs Plural Topoi Noun Traditional Theme Motif