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allegory

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
allegory/ˈaləɡəri/

▶noun (pl. allegories) a story, poem, or picture which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning.

– derivatives
allegorist noun,
allegorization (or allegorisation) noun,
allegorize (or allegorise) verb.

– origin ME: from OFr. allegorie, via L. from Gk allēgoria, from allos ‘other’ + -agoria ‘speaking’.

'allegory' also found in these Oxford entries:

allegorical - parable

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