allegorical
adjective
consisting of or pertaining to allegory; of the nature of or containing allegory; figurative.
allegoric
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a variation of
allegorical.
Example Sentences
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The film flirts with themes of surveillance and immigrant anxieties, but its allegoric ambitions are continually thwarted by yet another neighborly grievance.
From New York Times ● May 25, 2023
Grated, a few allegoric parallels to modern societal ills stand out, particularly when Buckingham’s servants clash with Downton’s staff.
From Salon ● Sep. 18, 2019
Made in 1953, two years before Bergman's Smiles of a Summer Night summed up his ironic discussion of the domestic predicament, A Lesson in Love lacks the assurance and allegoric precision of that picture.
From Time Magazine Archive
Neither is Juvenal; the names he employs are mere allegoric names.
From The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. 2 by Alexander H. (Alexander Hay) Japp
It is, at all events, a characteristic specimen of the Indian legendary tales, and, like many of them, bears an allegoric significancy.
From The Conspiracy of Pontiac and the Indian War after the Conquest of Canada by Francis Parkman
