Meaning

1 senses
  1. Of, relating to, or containing allegory.

    c. 1717, Alexander Pope, remarks on Thomas Parnell's Battle of the Frogs and Mice An allegorical application.

    allegorisch, sinnbildlich

    аллегори́ческийallegoríčeskij

    алегори́чнийalehorýčnyj

    used in or characteristic of or containing allegory

Examples

2 sentences
  1. It's a very allegorical description.

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  2. In an essay similarly devoted to allegorical procedures in contemporary art, Buchloh discusses 6 women artists.

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Translations

8 languages
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By meaning 1
of, relating to, or containing allegory:
Русский
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or containing allegory:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of, relating to, or containing allegory:

Forms

more allegorical, most allegorical
Comparativemore allegorical Lesson
Superlativemost allegorical Lesson

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • used in or characteristic of or containing allegory:allegoric

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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