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topos
to·pos [ tṓ pss, tṓ pòss ] (plural to·poi [ tṓ pòy ])


noun 
Definition:
 
traditional theme: a traditional theme, especially one developed in literature or rhetoric
[Mid-20th century. < Greek, "place, rhetorical commonplace"]
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