triad

Context Sentence: "Up until the second half of the twentieth century, translation theory seemed locked in what George Steiner(1998:319) calls a 'sterile' debate over the 'triad' of 'literal', 'free' and 'faithful' translation."

Source: Jeremy Munday, //Introducing Translation Studies Theories and Applications//,2001 by Routledge

Definition: noun (formal) a group of three people or things that are related or similar to each other

Mnemonic: eg: Behind him are three priests representing the male triad. tri- three