allegorical
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- adjective
- /ˌælɪˈɡɔrɪkəl/
- Literature
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allegórico
- He is the sun, anthropomorphized, and his life is a series of allegorical myths involving the sun's movement in the sky.
- allegorical figure
- allegorical representation
- allegorical art
The Stoics also engaged in allegorical interpretation, or we could say reinterpretation of traditional viewpoints on the gods.
- The Stoics also engaged in allegorical interpretation, or we could say reinterpretation of traditional viewpoints on the gods.
- You know, there's this allegorical interpretation of human drives or earthly phenomena in terms of the the gods as allegories.
Examples
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Trust said it reads like a soap opera, but it has allegorical characters from mythology.
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Behind the allegorical figure of Prudentia, two men demonstrate a similar concern with money.
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Do you think you can apply it to my situation in an allegorical fashion?
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In fact, they are an allegorical representation of sin, almost a vision.
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In Vogtherr's print, the allegorical figure of Hope carries a ship.
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Here, the sins are given an allegorical presence, with the virtuous fighting against their own failings.
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Furthermore, the female figure herself is an allegorical representation of the city, an association with many art-historical antecedents.
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But the angel is also the final allegorical emblem that concentrates within itself all the ruins of Benjamin's life.
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The Stoics also engaged in allegorical interpretation, or we could say reinterpretation of traditional viewpoints on the gods.
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In this novel, the protagonist's journey serves as an allegorical representation of the struggles people face in society.
Synonyms
Full of symbols that represent ideas or morals
Using hidden story meanings to criticize without saying it directly
Antonyms
How Allegorical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Allegorical comes from the Greek word allegoria, meaning 'to speak otherwise' and made from parts that mean 'other' and 'speak'. So an allegorical story shows one thing on the surface while really meaning a deeper moral or idea.