allegory

/หˆรฆl.ษ˜หŒษกoสŠษน.i/

IPA: /AE1 L AH0 G AO0 R IY0/

noun
  1. 1

    The representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.

  2. 2

    A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.

  3. 3

    A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

  4. 4

    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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