tautegoryn.
/ˈtɔːtᵻɡ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈtɔdəˌɡɔri/, /ˈtɑdəˌɡɔri/ A tautegorical symbol or expression. See tautegorical adj.
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1821 S. T. Coleridge Notebks. (1990) IV. 4832 This last is the consummate symbol: a Tautegory.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) II. 352 This part of the mythus, in which symbol fades away into allegory, but..never ceases wholly to be a symbol or tautegory.
1872 Brit. Controversialist 28 91 These descriptions..are mere allegories or metaphors, intended to convey to man some notion of the consequential benefit he receives by virtue of Christ's life and death, and not at all substantive figures or tautegories, whereby man may learn the nature of the act itself.
1978 PMLA 93 466/2 Furthest from being an allegorical representative of humanity in general, the Coleridgean reader is an individual, usually a tautegory for the author himself.
2005 Relig. & Lit. 35 23 Their tautegory is precisely their deepest meaning, as with a piece of music.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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