The use of symbols in a story, picture, etc., to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one; symbolic representation…
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of meaning > [noun] > allegory (25) allegoryc1384 The use of symbols in a story, picture, etc., to convey a hidden or ulterior meaning, typically a moral or political one; symbolic representation… mythology1646 As a mass noun: mythical stories or traditional beliefs collectively; myth. paradigm1943 Rhetoric. A figure of speech in which a comparison is made by resemblance; = paradigma, n. 1. rare. Subcategories:— an allegory (9) — tautegory (1) — allegorical meaning (2) — parabolical quality (2) — allegorical representation or interpretation (3) — allegorist or parabolist (5) |
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