Allegory
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Allegory
Noun
- The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
- A picture, story, or other form of communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. A character or thing which symbolically represents someone or something else; an emblem, a symbol. A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalization of that category.
- A picture, story, or other form of communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- A character or thing which symbolically represents someone or something else; an emblem, a symbol.
- A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalization of that category.
Verb
- Synonym of allegorize. To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences. To create an allegory (noun noun sense 2.1) from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences). Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth. To interpret an allegory. To create or use allegory.
- To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- To create an allegory (noun noun sense 2.1) from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).
- Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth.
- To interpret an allegory.
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