Associations to the word «Allegory»
Noun
- Parable
- Fable
- Metaphor
- Symbolism
- Plato
- Cupid
- Philo
- Satire
- Chaucer
- Fresco
- Allusion
- Dante
- Myth
- Pilgrim
- Hawthorne
- Palazzo
- Psyche
- Irony
- Iconography
- Socrates
- Interpretation
- Analogy
- Realism
- Morality
- Narrative
- Vanity
- Mythology
- Symbol
- Poe
- Imagery
- Depicting
- Grail
- Nietzsche
- Emblem
- Scripture
- Proverb
- Epic
- Interpreting
- Abstraction
- Medici
- Conceit
- Moral
- Painting
- Romance
- Poem
- Mysticism
- Metamorphosis
- Louvre
- Virtue
- Puritan
- Canto
- Portrait
- Testament
- Perseus
- Ovid
- Siena
- Eros
- Preoccupation
- Tennyson
- Resurrection
- Cave
- Ceiling
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ALLEGORY, noun. The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
ALLEGORY, noun. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
ALLEGORY, noun. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
Dictionary definition
ALLEGORY, noun. A short moral story (often with animal characters).
ALLEGORY, noun. A visible symbol representing an abstract idea.
ALLEGORY, noun. An expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor.
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.