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Allegory

speaker

Meaning

Noun

In Rhetoric:
A
in which a
, place, or
a
about
issues and occurrences.
In Rhetoric:
A
,
, or other form of communication using such representation.
A
which can be
to
a
, usually a
or political one.
In Category theory & Mathematics:
A
that
some of the structure of the
of
between
,
a
of that
.
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Origin

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