English Dictionary

allegory

/ˈæl.ɪˌɡɔː.ɹi/

noun

(rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

Animal Farm by George Orwell is a famous allegory that satirizes the Russian Revolution.

意味（1）

(rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

Ah! the Roman emperor, who desired that his slavery might be alleviated by his fetters being made of gold, was a very rational person. I have always considered it an allegory, showing the necessity of marrying for money.

意味（2）

A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.

意味（3）

A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

There were casts of the Gladiator—he whose native courage struggled against the doom which was yet welcome—a mournful allegory of honour.

意味（4）

(mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.