Allegory

What do we mean by allegory?

The representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form. noun

A story, picture, or play employing such representation. John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and Herman Melville's Moby-Dick are allegories. noun

A symbolic representation. noun

A figurative treatment of a subject not expressly mentioned, under the guise of another having analogous properties or circumstances; usually, a sentence, discourse, or narrative ostensibly relating to material things or circumstances, but intended as an exposition of others of a more spiritual or recondite nature having some perceptible analogy or figurative resemblance to the former. noun

A method of speaking or writing characterized by this kind of figurative treatment. noun

In painting and sculpture, a figurative representation in which the meaning is conveyed symbolically. Synonyms Simile, Metaphor, Comparison, etc. See simile. noun

To employ allegory; allegorize.

A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject. noun

Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem. noun

A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured. noun

The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures. noun

A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation. noun

A symbolic representation. noun

An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor noun

A visible symbol representing an abstract idea noun

A short moral story (often with animal characters) noun

The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.

A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.

A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Words that are spelled similarly to allegory:
allegory, allegro, allusory, allegra, allegoric, alleger, allegri, allegre, allegorie, allegany.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word allegory:
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Words that rhyme with allegory:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe allegory:
political, moral, religious, christian, historical, medieval, beautiful, national, mere, elaborate, famous, pure, simple, spiritual, poetic, biblical, philosophical, modern, satirical, mystical, complex, ingenious, extended, traditional, baroque, dramatic, transparent, perfect, obvious, literary, classical, didactic, psychological, fine, manichean, mediaeval, romantic, theological, powerful, immortal, spenserian, continued, pastoral, satiric, ancient, sublime, poetical, strange, mythological, fantastic, platonic, veiled, vast, profound, wonderful, astronomical, alchemical, formal, prophetic, visual, sustained, divine, subtle, double, topical, scriptural, striking, pictorial, conventional, ethnographic, female, conscious, sacred, obscure, naive, fanciful, curious.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective allegory:
clothes, symbolism, making, writing, symbol, consciousness.

Words that sound like allegory:
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