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alegoriya [a.li.gu.rí.ya.] : allegory (n.)
[ Etymology: Spanish: alegoría: allegory ]

Derivatives of alegoriya


Glosses:
allegory
n. (communication)1. allegory, apologue, fable, parablea short moral story (often with animal characters).
~ storya piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events.; "he writes stories for the magazines"
~ aesop's fablesa collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop.
~ pilgrim's progressan allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678.
n. (communication)2. allegory, emblema visible symbol representing an abstract idea.
~ symbolic representation, symbol, symbolisation, symbolizationsomething visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible.; "the eagle is a symbol of the United States"
~ scarlet letterthe letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it.
~ cupida symbol for love in the form of a cherubic naked boy with wings and a bow and arrow.
~ donkeythe symbol of the Democratic Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
~ dovean emblem of peace.
~ eaglean emblem representing power.; "the Roman eagle"
~ elephantthe symbol of the Republican Party; introduced in cartoons by Thomas Nast in 1874.
~ fascesbundle of rods containing an axe with the blade protruding; in ancient Rome it was a symbol of a magistrate's power; in modern Italy it is a symbol of fascism.
~ national flag, ensignan emblem flown as a symbol of nationality.
~ hammer and sicklethe emblem on the flag of the Soviet Union.
~ red flagthe emblem of socialist revolution.
~ magen david, mogen david, shield of david, solomon's seal, star of davida six-pointed star formed from two equilateral triangles; an emblem symbolizing Judaism.
~ badgean emblem (a small piece of plastic or cloth or metal) that signifies your status (rank or membership or affiliation etc.).; "they checked everyone's badge before letting them in"
~ agnus dei, paschal lambfigure of a lamb; emblematic of Christ.
~ maple-leafthe emblem of Canada.
~ medallionan emblem indicating that a taxicab is registered.
~ spread eaglean emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States.
~ hakenkreuz, swastikathe official emblem of the Nazi Party and the Third Reich; a cross with the arms bent at right angles in a clockwise direction.
n. (communication)3. allegoryan expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor.
~ expressive style, stylea way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period.; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper"