Allegory

['ælɪg(ə)rɪ] or ['æləɡɔri]

Definition

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

Edited by Arnold--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) Anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.

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

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Fable (in which what is stated as a fact is figuratively applied), PARABLE, APOLOGUE, story, tale, myth.

Typist: Silvia

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Parable, metaphor, fable, illustration, image

ANT:History, fact, narrative

Editor: Wilma

Definition

n. a description of one thing under the image of another.—adjs. Allegor′ic -al in the form of an allegory: figurative.—adv. Allegor′ically.—v.t. Al′legorise to put in form of an allegory.—v.i. to use allegory.—ns. Al′legorist one who uses allegory; Allegorizā′tion.

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