トポス

noun

topos; place; location

A term from rhetoric and philosophy referring to a conventional theme, motif, or commonplace. In Japanese, it is used in academic or literary contexts to discuss recurring patterns or settings.

from Greek

• この物もの語がたりには「楽らく園えん」というトポスが繰くり返かえし現あらわれる。

  The topos of 'paradise' appears repeatedly in this story.

• 修しゅう辞じ学がくでは、トポスは説せっ得とくのための共きょう通つうの話わ題だいを指さす。

  In rhetoric, topos refers to a common topic for persuasion.