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allegory

/ˈæləˌɡɔɹi/ · 8 letters · 7 distinct letters

  1. noun

    a short moral story (often with animal characters)

  2. noun

    a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

  3. noun

    an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

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