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Recent Examples of allegorical
This is apparent in his biblical, mythological and allegorical subjects alike.
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
For them, animals traditionally sacrificed, such as goats and chickens, served as allegorical figures for activists who endured sacrificial violence and suffering under apartheid.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Instead, the filmmakers appear to have returned to a story whose allegorical commentary on today’s grim political landscape seems more relevant than ever.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2025
Okri’s also a playwright, and the dialogue here grants a shimmery surface to the allegorical underpinning.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025
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Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 25 May 2025
For them, animals traditionally sacrificed, such as goats and chickens, served as allegorical figures for activists who endured sacrificial violence and suffering under apartheid.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Instead, the filmmakers appear to have returned to a story whose allegorical commentary on today’s grim political landscape seems more relevant than ever.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 19 June 2025
Okri’s also a playwright, and the dialogue here grants a shimmery surface to the allegorical underpinning.
—Literary Hub, 7 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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Magu, the Chinese deity and mythological Goddess of cannabis, is a woman for a reason.—
Lindsey Bartlett,
Rolling Stone,
13 Aug. 2025
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Both actress and character are in the shadow of a different mythological thing — literally, given the projections.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
8 Aug. 2025
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Read more: The Real Danger of the Trump-Putin Summit That is not to say that the summit was chosen solely for symbolic reasons.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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Their deaths marked not just the end of two singular careers, but the symbolic closing of a cultural chapter — one where larger-than-life personas still had to be built in real time, without hashtags or viral cycles to carry them.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
14 Aug. 2025
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Another transforms her into the enigmatic hostess of an imaginary cabaret, a nod to her Broadway performance in 2014.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Human rights, utopias, interracial love, ambition, war and betrayal are the ingredients of this film crafted with archival images and an imaginary diary shot on 16mm film that expresses all the modernity of Cabral’s vision of the world.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
14 Aug. 2025
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Former artistic director Victoria Morgan’s version of the story is appropriately fanciful and always has a few surprises tucked away, even for those of us who see it every year.—
David Lyman,
The Enquirer,
7 Aug. 2025
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Those traits can be seen in Bahnsen’s work, which is fanciful yet wearable, marking a departure from old ideas of femininity where clothing had to be tight and short (and subsequently uncomfortable).—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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The house is aiming to showcase figurative contradictions within its latest arrivals: two blousons in different sizes used multiple times throughout the collection as a means of showcasing its versatility.—
Robyn Mowatt,
Essence,
11 Aug. 2025
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There’s a literal meaning, and then there’s a figurative meaning.—
Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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This is emblematic of transit leaders’ lack of fiscal prudence.—
Micky Horstman,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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The film is emblematic of the Swinging London cultural era, and notable for featuring the first silver screen appearance of Jane Birkin.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
10 Aug. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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