Allegory - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈæləɡɔːrɪ|
Brit.
|ˈælɪɡ(ə)rɪ|
noun
- a short moral story (often with animal characters) (syn: apologue, fable, parable)
- a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (syn: emblem)
- an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
- a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (syn: emblem)
- an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
Word forms
noun
singular: allegory
plural: allegories
singular: allegory
plural: allegories
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