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
Things look their most unexpected, masquerade as other things, get queer unintelligible allegoric meanings, leaving you to guess what it all means, a constant dumb crambo of trees, flowers, animals, houses, and moonlight.
From Limbo and Other Essays To which is now added Ariadne in Mantua by Vernon Lee
It is the title of a cold allegoric dialogue of the old French court poet Alan Chartier, which Keats knew in the translation traditionally ascribed to Chaucer.
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Sidney Colvin
