Apologue

[æpәlɒg]

Definition

(n.) A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

Typist: Meg

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Fable (founded on the supposed action of brutes or of inanimate things), PARABLE, ALLEGORY, tale, story.

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Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Fable, fiction, parable

ANT:Precept, history, narrative

Typist: Rosanna

Definition

n. a fable parable or short allegorical story intended to serve as a pleasant vehicle for some moral doctrine—applied more particularly to one in which the actors are animals or inanimate things e.g. the apologue of Jotham in Judges ix. 7-15.

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