ALLEGORY

(noun) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
"Lord of the flies" is a famous allegory. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters)
synonyms : apologue , fable , parable
Our teacher told us a parable about the folly of focusing on things like material wealth. -added by naila_inlas
An allegory appeals to the imagination while an analogy appeals to reason. -added by naila_inlas
I listened to lots of parables in my childhood. -added by priyavanjeri
(noun) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
synonyms : emblem
In the story, the war between the animals was used as an allegory to represent the World Wars. -added by naila_inlas

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(Tag: Hindi) allegory ~ all gory (fair color skin); all girls on this earth can be gory only in some story. It's not possible in reality.
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(Tag: ) A girl to be ALL+GORY in all characters is like a dream and can be only portrayed in story or play
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(Tag: General, hollywood) Allegory might remind of the impressive presentation, examples and storyline of Al Gore's movie "An Inconvenient Truth" Remember Al Gore....
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(Tag: global) 'All''Eg'yptians use pict'ory' [in pyramids symbols such as eagle,bird etc. were used to represent words]
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(Tag: ) allegory is like story
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(Tag: ) allegory = allege + glory; The glory of allege is always written in diary.
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(Tag: english) all+glory=glory written in symbols like egyptians or mughals
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(Tag: English) alle-glory = relate glory to story
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(Tag: ) ALLEGORY<===> रूपक-कथा (pr. \\rupak-katha \\ )[Noun] Example:George Orwells `Animal Farm is a political allegory.
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