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allegories definition
allegories |
Grep of noun allegory allegory Overview of noun allegory The noun allegory has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) fable, parable, allegory, apologue -- (a short moral story (often with animal characters)) 2. emblem, allegory -- (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea) 3. allegory -- (an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor) Overview of noun allegory The noun allegory has 3 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (2) fable, parable, allegory, apologue -- (a short moral story (often with animal characters)) 2. emblem, allegory -- (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea) 3. allegory -- (an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor)
allegories definition