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allegory
noun(al-le-go-ry)
a short moral story (often with animal characters)
Synonyms: apologue, fable, parable,
allegory
noun(al-le-go-ry)
a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
Synonyms: emblem,
allegory
noun(al-le-go-ry)
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

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