Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - allegory
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Allegory
allegory
noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Middle English allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Greek allegoria, from allegorein to speak figuratively, from allos other + -egorein to speak publicly, from agora assembly — more at else, agora Date: 14th century 1. the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence; also an instance (as in a story or painting) of such expression 2. a symbolic representation ; emblem 2
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a story, play, poem, picture, etc., in which the meaning or message is represented symbolically. 2 the use of such symbols. 3 a symbol. Derivatives allegorist n. Etymology: ME f. OF allegorie f. L allegoria f. Gk allegoria f. allos other + -agoria speaking ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. аллегория; иносказание apt allegory —- удачная аллегория philosophical allegory —- аллегория, имеющая философский смысл ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(allegories) 1. An allegory is a story, poem, or painting in which the characters and events are symbols of something else. Allegories are often moral, religious, or political. The book is a kind of allegory of Latin American history. = parable N-COUNT: oft N of n 2. Allegory is the use of characters and events in a story, poem, or painting to represent other things. The poem’s comic allegory was transparent. N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n a story, painting etc in which the events and characters represent ideas or teach a moral lesson - allegorical adj - allegorically adv ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1384, from Gr. allegoria "description of one thing under the image of another," from allos "another, different" (from PIE *al- "beyond") + agoreuein "speak openly." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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