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allegorical
adjective
(al-le-gor-i-cal)
used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
Synonyms:
allegoric
,
Examples:
Allegorical stories.
An allegorical painting of Victory leading an army.
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allegoric
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representative
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mythological
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poetic
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symbolist
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fantastical
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metaphysical
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mythic
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figurative
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literal
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impressionistic
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naturalistic
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novelistic
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mystical
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evocative
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autobiographical
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allusive
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anthropomorphic
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melodramatic
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expressionistic
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biblical
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fictional
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fanciful
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poetical
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absurdist
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metaphoric
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hieratic
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parodic
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stylized
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fictionalized
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reductive
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overdetermined
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existentialist
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elegiac
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ludic
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authorial
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sophoclean
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zoomorphic
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postmodern
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fictive
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filmic
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cinematic
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abstract
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oneiric
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cubistic
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macrocosmic
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didactic
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pantomimic
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whimsical
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surrealist
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teleological
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engrossing
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tragicomic
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epical
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nietzschean
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eschatological
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nabokovian
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lyrical
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iconographic
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wordsworthian
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sculptural
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manichaean
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gothic
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originary
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midrashic
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humanistic
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ahistorical
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anagogics
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fetishistic
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revelatory
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dostoyevskian
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formalist
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psychoanalytical
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nonrepresentational
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heracleonite
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seriocomic
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literary
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writerly
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allegorical
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