allegorist
- noun
- /ˈælɪɡərɪst/
- Literature
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allegorista
- In his new book, the allegorist uses varied characters to symbolize different human experiences.
Examples
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The allegorist skillfully wove hidden meanings into the tale of a journey through a mystical land.
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As a longtime reader of Tate, I feel that his genius has reinvented itself once again, this time as an allegorist and satirist, an American Kafka.
Academic text (2010) -
According to Fletcher, the allegorist often employs imitative magic in ritualized plots in lieu of the plausible connection of events.
Academic text (2004) -
Many readers appreciate how the allegorist transforms everyday events into profound lessons through storytelling.
Synonyms
A person who uses stories to show deeper ideas
A person who finds and explains hidden meanings in art or writing
Antonyms
How Allegorical
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word allegorist comes from allegory, a word that originally meant 'to speak in another way' — to tell a story that stands for something else. So an allegorist is a person who makes or explains stories with hidden or symbolic meanings.