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ALLEGORICAL

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory

Example:

an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army

Synonyms:

allegoric; allegorical

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

representative (standing for something else)

Derivation:

allegory (an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor)

allegory (a short moral story (often with animal characters))

allegory (a visible symbol representing an abstract idea)

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