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ALLEGORICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
Example:
an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army
Synonyms:
allegoric; allegorical
Classified under:
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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