Allegory

//ˈælɪɡəɹi//

Synonyms for "allegory" (124 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Verb(1 words)
allegorize
Noun(1 words)
apologue

Strong matches (37)

Noun(2 words)
emblemfable

Related words (62)

Noun(1 words)
parable

Related word relations

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More general

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Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

17 entries

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Translations

76 translations across 40 languages.

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Ancient Greek

2 entries
  • ἀλληγορία noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • ἀλληγορία noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Arabic

1 entries
  • تَمْثِيل noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Armenian

1 entries
  • այլաբանություն noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • kinayə noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • təmsil noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • алего́рыя noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • алего́рия noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • ембле́ма noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • си́мвол noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Catalan

2 entries
  • al·legoria noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • al·legoria noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 寓意 noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • 寓言 noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • 寓言 noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • 託寓 /托寓 noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Czech

4 entries
  • alegorie noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • alegorie noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • jinotaj noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • jinotaj noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • alegorio noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Finnish

4 entries
  • allegoria noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • allegoria noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • allegoria noun (category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalization of that category)
  • vertauskuva noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

French

2 entries
  • allégorie noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • allégorie noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Galician

2 entries
  • alegoría noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • alegoría noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ალეგორია noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

German

4 entries
  • Allegorie noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • Allegorie noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • Sinnbild noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • Sinnbild noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Greek

2 entries
  • αλληγορία noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • αλληγορία noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מָשָׁל noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • allegória noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • alegori noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Irish

1 entries
  • fáthchiall noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Italian

2 entries
  • allegoria noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • allegoria noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Japanese

2 entries
  • アレゴリー noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • 寓話 noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аллегория noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • тұспалдау noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Korean

2 entries
  • 알레고리 noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • 우화 noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • alegorija noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • alegorija noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Malay

1 entries
  • alegori noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Māori

1 entries
  • kōrero tairitenga noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • allegori noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • allegori noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Polish

2 entries
  • alegoria noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • alegoria noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • alegoria noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • parábola noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Russian

2 entries
  • аллего́рия noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • иносказа́ние noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • samhla noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • samhla noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • alegòrija noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • алего̀рија noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Spanish

2 entries
  • alegoría noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • alegoría noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)

Swedish

3 entries
  • allegori noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)
  • allegori noun (communication in which one or more characters, events, or places are used to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences)
  • sinnebild noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • talinhaga noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Thai

1 entries
  • อุปมานิทัศน์ noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • алего́рія noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Volapük

1 entries
  • lalegor noun (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences; the interpretation of such symbols)

Sample sentences

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The ship of fools was a popular allegory in medieval art and literature.

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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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