adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Of, relating to, or containing allegory.

   "c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice An allegorical application."

Adjective

1. 1
   used in or characteristic of or containing allegory wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

allegoricallegoricallegoricanagogicassociationalconnotational

Antonyms

All antonyms

tautegorical

Example

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"In an essay similarly devoted to allegorical procedures in contemporary art, Buchloh discusses 6 women artists."

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