allegory
IPA: ˈæɫʌgɔri
noun
- (rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
- A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
- (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.
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Examples of "allegory" in Sentences
- The description of the ship is a comic allegory.
- The allegory was as true as the facts of surface appearances.
- Compare to this the chariot allegory found in the Katha Upanishad.
- The story examines a modern allegory of the Biblical figure of Judas.
- In the view of an allegory, the allegory continues to chapter eleven.
- The allegory to the apron is not casually or undeliberately employed.
- The category of relations is the paradigmatic example of an allegory.
- It is a satire and allegory of the American campus culture of the time.
- The story of Joseph is an allegory for the rejection of the Palestinians.
- The introduction to this work is an allegory of love summarizing the story.
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