allegory, n.
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(allegories)
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a short moral story (often with animal characters)
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allegory apologue fable parable
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an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
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allegory
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a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
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allegory emblem
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lexical pointers
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hyponym