to allegorize
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9.1
- verb
- /ˈælɪɡəˌraɪz/
- Literature
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allegorizar
- Lope's play allegorizes the canon formation process in several other ways.
- play allegorizes
And clearly Vilaeus thinks that this allegorizing is not a useful strategy for making sense of physical processes.
- And clearly Vilaeus thinks that this allegorizing is not a useful strategy for making sense of physical processes.
- So now we've got sort of an allegorizing here, right?
- Maybe we can allegorize the Stoics already allegorized God talk.
Examples
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In the film, the animals on the farm allegorize various political figures and movements.
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Here I want to allegorize this residence as a glass speculum.
Fiction book (1992) -
Critics, beginning with Pound, have almost uniformly read this as a poem that allegorizes the life of a poet in conflict with society.
Academic text (2016) -
Like Air Raid, this earlier play allegorizes the threat of rising fascism while using a newscast format.
Academic text (2016) -
With the character Auguste, Corneille allegorizes the personal struggle of acquiring moral values and integrating them into the social and political situation.
Academic text (1990) -
Its protagonist has been neatly termed "a specialist in pest gentrification" (Bady), and her work might be understood as allegorizing larger shifts.
Academic text (2018) -
The author skillfully allegorizes the struggle for freedom through the journey of the main character.
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The artist chose to allegorize the concept of love by depicting it as a beautiful garden full of vibrant flowers.
Synonyms
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6.8
Explain the lesson about right and wrong in a story or event
Antonyms
How Allegorical
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Etymology
Allegorize comes from allegory and the ending -ize, where -ize means 'make'. An allegory is a story in which people or things stand for other ideas, so to allegorize something is to turn it into a story with a 'hidden meaning'.