allegory
noun
a representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another.
allegories
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pluralof allegory.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Like Kafka, Schulz sublimated the horrors that surrounded him into vivid allegories of the fantastic and the extraordinary.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 15, 2026
Its roots lie in the medieval stonemasons' guilds, and members still meet in "lodges" to carry out secretive initiation rituals and ceremonies based on allegories such as the building of King Solomon's Temple.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2025
The picture is part of Roberts’ effort to claim the stories of heroic judges who battled Jim Crow in the civil rights era as allegories for judges facing legitimate critiques today.
From Slate ● Jan. 6, 2025
The people who bring us “Fargo” stress that the stories aren’t meant to be political commentaries but psychological, allegories examining how evil manifests in places presumed to be bastions of stalwart niceness.
From Salon ● Jan. 3, 2024
But Diderot’s peculiar chapter also serves as a warning: with its dream framing, its monsters and its allegories, its linguistic slipperiness, it conveys a sense of difficulty.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
