apologue
Americannoun
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a didactic narrative; a moral fable.
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an allegory.
noun
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Etymology
Origin of apologue
1545–55; (< Middle French ) < Latin apologus < Greek apólogos fable. See apo-, -logue
Example Sentences
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This reading of Louis and Claudia’s lineage allows writer Hannah Moscovitch to transform a station along the characters’ development track into an apologue about war and misery.
From Salon ● May 13, 2024
As often as this apologue is repeated, I still catch myself questioning its accuracy: Does the culture not prefer to hold people endlessly responsible for past indiscretions?
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 25, 2016
It is noteworthy that the two fathers of apologue in the West were slaves, namely Aesop and Phaedrus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
The apologue seizes on that which man has in common with creatures below him, and the parable on that which he has in common with God.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 "Apollodorus" to "Aral" by Various
As La Fontaine puts it, an apologue is composed of two parts, body and soul.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
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