allegory

noun · verbB1

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noun

Plural noun:

allegories

1.
(rhetoric, uncountable)The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
2.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A picture, story, or other form of communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
3.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A character or thing which symbolically represents someone or something else; an emblem, a symbol.
4.
(broadly, countable, uncountable)A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalization of that category.

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verb

V_es/s

allegories

V_ing/Gerund

allegorying

V_ed/pp

allegoried

1.
(archaic) Synonym of allegorize.

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Cùng gốc / liên quan

agoraallegoriseallegorizecategoryallegorise, allegorizemetaphor

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Nguồn gốc từ

ine-pro The noun is derived from Late Middle English allegorie + English -y. Allegorie is borrowed from allegorie and Middle French allegorie (modern allégorie), and directly from their etymon Latin allēgoria (figurative or metaphorical language, allegory;