Associations to the word «Allegory»
Noun
- Lore
- Fiction
- Marianne
- Shelley
- Enchantment
- Reader
- Protagonist
- Mankind
- Canvas
- Dialogue
- Walpole
- Dk
- Literature
- Ambiguity
- Christ
- Banknote
- Giovanni
- Rousseau
- Philosopher
- Augustine
- Capitalism
- Ingenuity
- Triumph
- Landscape
- Wisdom
- Prophecy
- Gower
- Ideal
- Contemporary
- Story
- Genesis
- Lost
- Masonry
- Piety
- Truth
- Representation
- Tradition
- Imagination
- Eden
- Roi
- Writ
- Modernity
- Vision
- Lament
- Guise
- Nymph
- Baroque
- Raphael
- Philosophy
- Critic
- Painter
- Coleridge
- Novel
- Fountain
- Christianity
- Spiritual
- Melville
- Delle
- Hiram
- Decoration
- Struggle
- Reviewer
- Riddle
- Narrator
- Lewis
- Intent
- Virgin
- Jameson
- Doctrine
Adjective
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
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.