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allegory
 
Noun allegory has 3 senses
  1. fable, parable, allegory, apologue - a short moral story (often with animal characters)
    --1 is a kind of story
    --1 has particulars: Aesop's fables; Pilgrim's Progress
    Derived forms: verb allegorize1, verb allegorize2, verb allegorise1, verb allegorise2
  2. emblem, allegory - a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
    --2 is a kind of symbol, symbolization, symbolisation, symbolic representation
    --2 has particulars:
     scarlet letter; donkey; dove; eagle; elephant; fasces; national flag, ensign; hammer and sickle; red flag; Star of David, Shield of David, Magen David, Mogen David, Solomon's seal; badge; Agnus Dei, Paschal Lamb; maple-leaf; medallion; spread eagle; swastika, Hakenkreuz
    Derived forms: verb allegorize1, verb allegorize2, verb allegorise1, verb allegorise2
  3. allegory - an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
    --3 is a kind of     expressive style, style
    Derived forms: verb allegorize1, verb allegorize2, verb allegorise1, verb allegorise2
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