allegory

Meaning of allegory

noun
  1. The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
  2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
  3. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
  4. A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Information about allegory

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of allegory is: allegories.
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Hyphenation of allegory

al-le-gory

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • allegory is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

allegory synonyms

Meaning fable:

fable, parable, apologue

Meaning emblem:

emblem

Translation of allegory

Words that rhyme with allegory

gory, matagory, phantasmagory, Gregory, beaugregory, category, gregory, subcategory, tautegory, Greggory, amphigory

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