Examples of 'allegory' in a sentence
Meaning of "allegory"
allegory (noun) - A story, poem, or image that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one
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- A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
- A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
- A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
- A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.
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The slave trade allegory of curious george.
The allegory contained therein is an occult teaching.
He also often used allegory in his work.
This allegory seems likely a late invention.
The muses of music are an allegory of universal music.
We are an allegory and a realityʼ and your time is up.
I think we might be able to interpret this as allegory.
She is also an allegory of the individual in exile.
Allegory and should not be considered literally.
The existential allegory of the rothko chapel.
Allegory in the masque of the red death.
This to me is a strong allegory of digital humanities today.
An allegory of the triumph of good over evil.
This is a wonderful allegory for our situation.
Allegory is the use of concrete characters to represent.
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I cordially dislike allegory in all of its manifestations.
Looking at them is a kin to pursuing a complicated allegory.
It is an allegory for the artificiality of modern life.
I do not think this is a fable or even an allegory.
Surely allegory is not to be read in this fashion.
Both theories have supporters in this allegory.
This is an allegory for our own lives.
The description of the ship is a comic allegory.
Let us return to the allegory of the cave.
Each of these meetings can be read as an allegory.
Then this idea for an allegory came to me.
Friendship without the everyday becomes an allegory.
But the allegory is kinda sad.
I think there is a real fascinating allegory here.
The allegory was as true as the facts of surface appearances.
This painting is called the allegory of chastity.
Such allegory is entirely foreign to my thought.
Make what you will of this allegory.
Or perhaps it was an allegory or something like that.
This could be used as a modern alchemical allegory.
There is this kind of allegory and many others.
Elliott surely intended that story as allegory.
This game is an allegory for life.
Young himself denies his work is an allegory.
It is interpreted there as an allegory of sin and false repentance.
Pease wants to get rid of the allegory.
Night is part of an allegory of the four parts of day.
Select the sentence that describes an allegory.
He mixes much allegory with reality.
Allegory with wolf and eagle.
That is the pattern this allegory gives us.
Metaphor and allegory figure prominently in his oeuvre.
Running a little light on allegory tonight.
This is the allegory of good government.
Allegory is to language what ruins are to things.
