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Engelsk navneord: allegory

1. allegory (om kommunikation) a short moral story (often with animal characters)


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)apologue, fable, parable


Mindre specifikke termerstory


Mere specifikke termerAesop's fables


Eksempler på forekomster af mere specifikke termerPilgrim's Progress

2. allegory (om kommunikation) a visible symbol representing an abstract idea


Termer med samme betydning (synonymer)emblem


Mindre specifikke termersymbol, symbolic representation, symbolisation, symbolization


Mere specifikke termerAgnus Dei, badge, cupid, donkey, dove, eagle, elephant, ensign, fasces, Hakenkreuz, hammer and sickle, Magen David, maple-leaf, medallion, Mogen David, national flag, Paschal Lamb, red flag, scarlet letter, Shield of David, Solomon's seal, spread eagle, Star of David, swastika

3. allegory (om kommunikation) an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor


Mindre specifikke termerexpressive style, style









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