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
Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at
least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are
nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to
build something with them; they do not win their true
meaning until one knows how to apply them.