allegory

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allegory Definition

• (n) a short moral story (often with animal characters)
• (n) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
• (n) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

allegory Synonyms

• allegory
• apologue
• emblem
• fable
• parable