allegory

Words with a similar base: allegory

'allegory'

[fable.n.02] as in: a short moral story (often with animal characters)

'allegory'

[emblem.n.02] as in: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

'allegory'

[allegory.n.03] as in: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Origins

					allegory (English)
└── allegorie (Middle English (1100-1500))
    └── allegorie (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
        └── allegoria (Latin)
            └── ἀλληγορία (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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