Synonyms of the word allegory


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allegory

  • n. The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
  • n. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
  • n. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political…
  • n. (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary…

apologue

  • n. a short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.
  • n. (rhetoric) use of fable to persuade the audience.

emblem

  • n. A representative symbol, such as a trademark or logo.
  • n. Something which represents a larger whole.
  • n. Inlay; inlaid or mosaic work; something ornamental inserted in a surface.
  • n. A picture accompanied with a motto, a set of verses, etc. intended as a moral lesson or meditation.

fable

  • n. A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as…
  • n. Any story told to excite wonder; common talk; the theme of talk.
  • n. Fiction; untruth; falsehood.
  • n. The plot, story, or connected series of events forming the subject of an epic or dramatic poem.
  • v. (intransitive, archaic) To compose fables; hence, to write or speak fiction; to write or utter what is…
  • v. (transitive, archaic) To feign; to invent; to devise, and speak of, as true or real; to tell of falsely;…

parable

  • n. A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
  • v. (transitive) To represent by parable.
  • adj. (obsolete) That can easily be prepared or procured; obtainable.

story

  • n. A sequence of real or fictional events; or, an account of such a sequence.
  • n. A lie, fiction.
  • n. (US, colloquial, usually pluralized) A soap opera.
  • n. (obsolete) History.
  • n. A sequence of events, or a situation, such as might be related in an account.
  • v. To tell as a story; to relate or narrate about.
  • n. (obsolete) A building or edifice.
  • n. (chiefly US) A floor or level of a building; a storey.
  • n. (typography) Alternative form of storey.

style

  • n. A manner of doing or presenting things, especially a fashionable one.
  • n. Flair; grace; fashionable skill.
  • n. (botany) The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
  • n. A traditional or legal term preceding a reference to a person who holds a title or post.
  • n. A traditional or legal term used to address a person who holds a title or post.
  • n. (nonstandard) A stylus.
  • n. (obsolete) A pen; an author's pen.
  • n. A sharp-pointed tool used in engraving; a graver.
  • n. A kind of blunt-pointed surgical instrument.
  • n. A long, slender, bristle-like process.
  • n. The pin, or gnomon, of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour.
  • n. (computing) A visual or other modification to text or other elements of a document, such as bold or italic.
  • v. (transitive) To create or give a style, fashion or image to.
  • v. (transitive) To call or give a name or title to.

symbol

  • n. A character or glyph representing an idea, concept or object.
  • n. Any object, typically material, which is meant to represent another (usually abstract) even if there is…
  • n. (linguistics) A type of noun whereby the form refers to the same entity independently of the context;…
  • n. A summary of a dogmatic statement of faith.
  • n. Visible traces or impressions, made using a writing device or tool, that are connected together and/or…
  • n. (crystallography) The numerical expression which defines a plane's position relative to the assumed axes.
  • n. That which is thrown into a common fund; hence, an appointed or accustomed duty.
  • n. Share; allotment.
  • v. To symbolize.

symbolisation

  • n. Alternative form of symbolization.

symbolization

  • n. The act of symbolizing; the use of symbols to represent things, or the investing of things with a symbolic…
  • n. (psychology) The unconscious mental representation of one thing by another.

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