allegory
English Thesaurus
1. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | expressive style, style, |
| definition | : | a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period (noun.communication) |
2. a short moral story (often with animal characters) (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | story, |
| definition | : | a piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | aesop's fables, |
| definition | : | a collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop (noun.communication) |
| instance hyponym | : | pilgrim's progress, |
| definition | : | an allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678 (noun.communication) |
3. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | scarlet letter, |
| definition | : | the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | cupid, |
| definition | : | a symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | donkey, |
| definition | : | the symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dove, |
| definition | : | an emblem of peace (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | eagle, |
| definition | : | an emblem representing power (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | elephant, |
| definition | : | the symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874 (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fasces, |
| definition | : | bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | ensign, national flag, |
| definition | : | an emblem flown as a symbol of nationality (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hammer and sickle, |
| definition | : | the emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | red flag, |
| definition | : | the emblem of socialist revolution (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | badge, |
| definition | : | an emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.) (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | maple-leaf, |
| definition | : | the emblem of Canada (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | medallion, |
| definition | : | an emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | spread eagle, |
| definition | : | an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | hakenkreuz, swastika, |
| definition | : | the official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction (noun.communication) |
4. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
5. a short moral story (often with animal characters) (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | fabulist, |
| definition | : | a person who tells or invents fables (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
6. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
7. an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
8. a short moral story (often with animal characters) (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | fabulist, |
| definition | : | a person who tells or invents fables (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
9. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | allegoric, allegorical, |
| definition | : | used in or characteristic of or containing allegory (adj.all) |
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