tropey
tropey adjective: related to, featuring, or characteristic of a trope or tropes.
Adjective
tropey (comparative more tropey, superlative most tropey)
- Related to, featuring, or characteristic of a trope or tropes.
- Most demurs, saying that were he to tell, his version would unhealthily influence others' vision and we'd all be stuck using the same derivative tropes (more derivative and tropey than "push yourself out of your comfort zone," I'm guessing).2005, David Rakoff, Don't Get Too Comfortable, Anchor Canada, published 2006, →ISBN
- Relatable Native characters in sci-fi and fantasy are few in^([sic]) far between. Mostly, I see variations on tropey themes.2015, Jessica McDonald, “Not Your Mystical Indian”, in Jim C. Hines, editor, Invisible 2: Personal Essays on Representation in SF/F, unnumbered page
Forms of tropey
| comparative | more tropey |
|---|---|
| superlative | most tropey |
Origin of tropey
From trope + -y.
Questions about tropey
- What does tropey mean?
- Tropey means related to, featuring, or characteristic of a trope or tropes.
- What part of speech is tropey?
- Tropey is an adjective.
Words near tropey in the dictionary
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