allegorical

Speech parts

1. allegorical - Adjective

2. allegorical - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Belonging to, or consisting of, allegory; of the nature of an allegory; describing by resemblances; figurative.

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Examples

Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge. Annie Besant

The bad thing about all religions is that, instead of being able to confess their allegorical nature, they have to conceal it. Arthur Schopenhauer

Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there's nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor. China Miéville

A metaphorical weight lifted from his allegorical chest and Artemis Fowl felt himself again. Eoin Colfer

Now whatever the origin of this apparently meaningless jumble of ideas may have been, it is really a perfect and very slightly allegorical expression of the actual present views we hold today. Frederick Soddy

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world. Samuel Johnson

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