allegory
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Types & categories
- story hypernym
- Aesop's fables hyponym
- Pilgrim's Progress instance hyponym
Related & opposite
- fabulist derivation
- allegorize derivation
- allegorize derivation
- mythical derivation
- allegorical derivation
- parabolic derivation
Sense 2 noun
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Types & categories
- symbolic representation hypernym
- scarlet letter hyponym
- cupid hyponym
- donkey hyponym
- dove hyponym
- eagle hyponym
- elephant hyponym
- fasces hyponym
- national flag hyponym
- hammer and sickle hyponym
- red flag hyponym
- Star of David hyponym
- badge hyponym
- Agnus Dei hyponym
- maple-leaf hyponym
- medallion hyponym
- spread eagle hyponym
- swastika hyponym
Related & opposite
- allegorize derivation
- allegorize derivation
- allegorical derivation
- emblematic derivation
- typic derivation
Sense 3 noun
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
Types & categories
- expressive style hypernym
Related & opposite
- allegorize derivation
- allegorize derivation
- allegorical derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fabulist |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mythical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorical |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | parabolic |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | story |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Aesop's fables |
| 1 | instance hyponym | Types & categories | Pilgrim's Progress |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorical |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | emblematic |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | typic |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | symbolic representation |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | scarlet letter |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cupid |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | donkey |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dove |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | eagle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | elephant |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fasces |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | national flag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | hammer and sickle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | red flag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Star of David |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | badge |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | Agnus Dei |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | maple-leaf |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | medallion |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | spread eagle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | swastika |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorize |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | allegorical |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | expressive style |