as in parable
a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life
Dr. Seuss's story "The Sneetches" is a telling allegory about tolerance for people's differences
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Recent Examples of allegory
The result is a powerful and poignant allegory, dense in metaphorical imagery, about the state and its people.
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Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Led by a youthful cast and chock full of nostalgia, the sci-fi film delivers the year’s most terrifying coming-of-age story and a truly original transgender allegory.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
These fantasy elements assume an unmistakable gravity in our current political climate, demonstrating the flexibility of the film’s central allegory.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The Piano Lesson acts as an allegory for the Black American journey and first-time director Malcolm Washington takes it from stage to screen beautifully.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2024
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Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 1 Jan. 2025
Led by a youthful cast and chock full of nostalgia, the sci-fi film delivers the year’s most terrifying coming-of-age story and a truly original transgender allegory.
—Elaina Patton, NBC News, 26 Dec. 2024
These fantasy elements assume an unmistakable gravity in our current political climate, demonstrating the flexibility of the film’s central allegory.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 19 Nov. 2024
The Piano Lesson acts as an allegory for the Black American journey and first-time director Malcolm Washington takes it from stage to screen beautifully.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 18 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for allegory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegory
Noun
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The old transmissibility of truth presented in holy doctrine, tradition, parables, had decayed into near silence.—
Joy Williams,
Harper's Magazine,
2 May 2024
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Elegant and spare, this is an environmental parable that doesn’t hammer away at its message.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Loading your audio article There’s an old fable about a frog in a boiling pot of water.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Brutalist is a Fitzcarraldo fable of artistic endeavor, a universal immigrant tale and a searing indictment of capitalism Jones plays opposite Brody as Tóth’s wife, Erzsébet, in an indelible portrait of a woman physically broken by war who remains resolutely unbroken in spirit.—
Wendell Steavenson,
Vogue,
5 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Per old wives’ tales, nesting is a phenomenon that happens near the end of gestation: a maternal instinct to prepare for birth.—
Betty Liu,
Bon Appétit,
20 Jan. 2025
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This incident serves as a cautionary tale for companies deploying AI in their communications.—
Rebekah Bastian,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Allegory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegory. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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