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Word | Allegory |
Korean Meaning | 우화, 풍유 |
a short moral story (often with animal characters) / a story that symbolizes an abstract meaning / A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. The real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject. / a visible symbol representing an abstract idea / story in which characters are used as symbols; fable / a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one. / a story in which the characters and events are symbols that stand for ideas about human life or for a political or historical situation, | |
Usage | ⇒ George Orwells Animal Farm is a political allegory ⇒ a political allegory ⇒ His writings are full of allegory The allegory in the poem is the religious one George Orwells Animal Farm is a political allegory ⇒ Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the temptations and victories of the human soul. ⇒ the long poem is an allegory of love and jealousy ⇒ Pilgrim's Progress is an allegory of the spiritual journey |
Synonyms | fable, parable, legend, myth, metaphor, story, emblem, apologue, simile, tale, symbol, fiction, romance, comparison, analogy, saga, epic, fairy tale, mystery, similitude, |
Antonyms | account, fact, chronicle, disassembly, dismantlement, dismantling, explanation, factual, falsehood, fib, floor, history, layer, legend, level, life, narration, nonfiction, novel, recital, |
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