ALLEGORY


Meaning of ALLEGORY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ælɪgəri, AM -gɔ:ri ]

( allegories)

1.

An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political.

The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history.

= parable

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2.

Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things.

The poem’s comic allegory was transparent.

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