In an essay similarly devoted to allegorical procedures in contemporary art, Buchloh discusses 6 women artists.
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Allegorical
/ˌæl.ɪˈɡɔɹ.ɪ.kəl/
Synonyms for "allegorical" (77 found)
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Closest matches (16)
Adjective(3 words)
Noun(1 words)
dutch symbolisch
Strong matches (23)
fictionalfigurativefull of meaningfull of pointfull of substanceindicativeintelligibleintensionalinterpretablelegendarymeaningmeaningfulmeatymetaphorical
Adjective(7 words)
figurativefigurative descriptionfigurative languagefigurative languagesiconicliterary symbolmetaphoric
Noun(2 words)
figurative sculpturefigurative study
Related words (38)
Adjective(10 words)
metaphoricalmetaphorical descriptormetaphorical labelsmetaphorical languagemetaphorical processpersonifiedsymbolicsymbolic achievementsymbolic artsymbolic language
Determiner(1 words)
most greek mythology
mysticmysticalmythicmythicalmythologicalmythopoeicmythopoeticparabolicpithypointedpregnantreadablereferentialromanticromanticizedsententioussignificantsignificativesubstantialsuggestive
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Noun(4 words)
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9 entriesallegorical illustrationallegorical paintingallegorical sculpturemoral allegorymoral symbolismpolitical allegorypolitical metaphorreligious allegorytheological symbolism
Collocations
6 entriesallegorical critiqueallegorical figureallegorical imageryallegorical interpretationallegorical languageallegorical tale
Inflections
2 entriesmore allegoricalmost allegorical
Derivations
4 entriessimilar
1 entriesSample sentences
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It's a very allegorical description.
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Fifty years ago when these books were first written that was a much more allegorical message and now it's something that looks really cool.
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c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice An allegorical application.
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