Definition of "topoi" []

• Plural of topos. (noun)

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• "What I am more interested in at the moment are people who transcend those basics by integrating topoi and tropes of other media into the ones they're working in."
• "To finish, I do agree with your observation that neither SotC nor House of Leaves could exist without a deep insight into the topoi and tropes of their proper medium; I'd just like to think that this is to some degree the bare minimum of knowledge that anyone working seriously in a medium should bring into the process."
• "There are a number of topoi in those texts, to be reused whenever it seemed appropriate."