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Definitions of
'allegory'
Wordnet
1.
(noun)
fable, parable, allegory, apologue
a
short
moral
story
(often with
animal
characters)
2.
(noun)
emblem, allegory
a visible
symbol
representing an
abstract
idea
3.
(noun)
allegory
an expressive
style
that uses fictional characters and events to describe some
subject
by suggestive resemblances; an extended
metaphor
Definitions of
'allegory'
Webster 1913 Dictionary
1.
(noun)
allegory
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
2.
(noun)
allegory
anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an
emblem
3.
(noun)
allegory
a
figure
representation
which has a
meaning
beyond
notion
directly conveyed by the
object
painted or sculptured
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