allegory
/ˈæl·ɪˌgɔr·i/, /-ˌgoʊr·i/ n [C/U]Definition
› literature a story, play, poem, picture, or other work in which the characters and events represent particular moral, religious, or political qualities or ideas allegorical /ˌæl·ɪˈgɔr·ɪ·kəl/, /-ˈgɑr-/ adj › Apples represent people in this allegorical contest between wilderness and civilization.
(Definition of allegory n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
© Cambridge University Press)
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