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allegory

释义

Noun: allegory 'alu`guree

A short moral story (often with animal characters)
- fable, parable, apologue
A visible symbol representing an abstract idea
- emblem
An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Derived forms: allegories

See also: allegorical, allegorize

Type of: expressive style, story, style, symbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation [Brit], symbolization

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