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Meaning
Noun
●
In Rhetoric:
A
narrative
in which a
character
, place, or
event
is used to
deliver
a
broader
message
about
real-world
issues and occurrences.
●
In Rhetoric:
A
picture
,
book
, or other form of communication using such representation.
●
A
symbolic
representation
which can be
interpreted
to
reveal
a
hidden
meaning
, usually a
moral
or political one.
●
In Category theory & Mathematics:
A
category
that
retains
some of the structure of the
category
of
binary relations
between
sets
,
representing
a
high-level
generalisation
of that
category
.
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Origin
allegory
English
allegorie
Middle English (1100-1500)
allegorie
Old French (842-ca. 1400)
allegoria
Latin
ἀλληγορία
Ancient Greek (to 1453)
Sourced from
Etym
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