The ship of fools was a popular allegory in medieval art and literature.
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Allegory
/ˈælɪɡəɹi/
Synonyms for "allegory" (140 found)
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adventure storyallusionanalogyapologuearcane meaningassumptionbalancingbedtime storycharacteryciphercolorationcomparative anatomycomparative degreecomparative grammarcomparative judgmentcomparative linguisticscomparative literaturecomparative methodcomparecomparing
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contrastivenessconventional symbolcorrelationdetective storydistinctiondistinctivenessemblemfablefabliaufairy talefantasyfictionfigurationfolk storyfolktalegestghost storyhinthorse operaiconology
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ideogramimplicationimplied meaningimportinferenceinnuendointimationironic suggestionlegendlikeninglogogramlogotypelove knotlove story
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marchenmatchingmeaningmetaphormetaphorical sensemysterymystery storymythmythologymythosnuancenursery taleoccult meaningopposingoppositionovertoneparableparallelismpictogrampresumption
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presuppositionproportionrelationromancesci fiscience fictionshockersimilesimilitudespace fictionspace operastorysubsensesubsidiary sensesuggestionsuppositionsuspense storysymbolsymbolic systemsymbolismsymbolizationsymbologythrillertingetokentotemtotem poletouchtrope of comparisontypetypificationundercurrentundermeaningundertoneweighingwesternwestern storywesternerwhodunitwork of fiction
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mockingbirdsmoral parableogre mythparableparablessymbolic depictionsymbolic narrativesymbolic representationsymbolic storyzombies
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15 entriescritical theorydidactic deviceexpressive stylefictionliterary criticismnarrativenarrative devicenarrative techniquestorystylesymbolsymbolic devicesymbolic representationsymbolisationsymbolization
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4 entriesmoral allegorypolitical allegoryreligious allegorysocial allegory
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6 entriesallegorical narrativecave allegorymoral allegorypolitical allegoryreligious allegorysocial allegory
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21 total sentences available.
He is also credited with banishing all the snakes from Ireland, and it is to this accomplishment that I would like to share this allegory and join with St. Patrick in banishing the snakes from all of Babylon, everywhere.
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Ibn Tufail also criticized Islam through a literary process called allegory.
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Chess, allegory of a war, is a game of attack and defense.
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