Definitions for APOLOGUE
ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒgapo·logue

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. fable, parable, allegory, apologuenoun

   a short moral story (often with animal characters)

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apologuenoun

   A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.

2. apologuenoun

   Use of fable to persuade the audience.

3. Etymology: From apologue

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apologuenoun

   Fable; story contrived to teach some moral truth.

   Etymology: ἀπόλογος.

   An apologue of Æsop is beyond a syllogism, and proverbs more powerful than demonstration. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

   Some men are remarked for pleasantness in raillery; others for apologues and apposite diverting stories. John Locke.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apologue

   An apologue or apolog (from the Greek ἀπόλογος, a "statement" or "account") is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly. Unlike a fable, the moral is more important than the narrative details. As with the parable, the apologue is a tool of rhetorical argument used to convince or persuade.

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1. apologue

   An apologue is a short narrative or story, often involving animals or inanimate objects as main characters, that communicates a moral or philosophical message. It is a form of allegorical writing used often in ancient and medieval literature to illustrate or teach a lesson. Fables and parables are examples of apologues.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apologuenoun

   a story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable

2. Etymology: [L. apologous, Gr. ; from + speech, to speak: cf. F. apologue.]

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1. Apologue

   An apologue or apolog is a brief fable or allegorical story with pointed or exaggerated details, meant to serve as a pleasant vehicle for a moral doctrine or to convey a useful lesson without stating it explicitly. Unlike a fable, the moral is more important than the narrative details. As with the parable, the apologue is a tool of rhetorical argument used to convince or persuade. Among the best known ancient and classical examples are that of Jotham in the Book of Judges; "The Belly and its Members," by the patrician Agrippa Menenius Lanatus in the second book of Livy; and perhaps most famous of all, those of Aesop. Well-known modern examples of this literary form include George Orwell's Animal Farm and the Br'er Rabbit stories derived from African and Cherokee cultures and recorded and synthesized by Joel Chandler Harris. The term is applied more particularly to a story in which the actors or speakers are either various kinds of animals or are inanimate objects. An apologue is distinguished from a fable in that there is always some moral sense present in the former, which there need not be in the latter. An apologue is generally dramatic, and has been defined as "a satire in action."

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Apologue

   a′pol-og, 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. [Fr.—Gr. apologos, a fable—apo, from, logos, speech.]

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   The numerical value of APOLOGUE in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

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   The numerical value of APOLOGUE in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=APOLOGUE
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Apologue
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=APOLOGUE
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologue
5. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/APOLOGUE
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=APOLOGUE
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=APOLOGUE