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Recent Examples of allegorical
When 1984 was published in 1949, the novel was seen as an allegorical take on the Soviet Union.
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
The heavily allegorical fantasy is notable for its heavy use of philosophical and Biblical symbolism, and touches on themes common in Oshii’s other works, particularly the relationship between dreams and reality.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
If this is the allegorical virgin birth, Pandora edition, then Kiri’s other parent would be Pandora’s version of God: Eywa, whom the Na’vi generally engage with in the form of a tree, or flora (seed bearer — get it?).
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
This reading reduces Euridice to the allegorical and therefore to the banal, quite the opposite of what Hoffman does.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Matthew Carey, Deadline, 20 Aug. 2025
The heavily allegorical fantasy is notable for its heavy use of philosophical and Biblical symbolism, and touches on themes common in Oshii’s other works, particularly the relationship between dreams and reality.
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025
If this is the allegorical virgin birth, Pandora edition, then Kiri’s other parent would be Pandora’s version of God: Eywa, whom the Na’vi generally engage with in the form of a tree, or flora (seed bearer — get it?).
—Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 22 July 2025
This reading reduces Euridice to the allegorical and therefore to the banal, quite the opposite of what Hoffman does.
—Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
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The slaying of the serpent was a mythological superspreader, mutating and proliferating across the Indo-European world and beyond.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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During the five-day festival of Durga Puja, entire cities transform into a sprawling, open-air art gallery where the mythological battle between the goddess and her demon is reimagined to reflect contemporary anxieties.—
Rhea Mogul,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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Ari Aster's sophomore directorial effort might seem like another atmospheric cultish folk horror, but the film uses the genre as a symbolic journey for the overcoming of grief and shedding one life for another.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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Ancient Origins continues that archaeologists expected to find human remains or grave goods, the absence of which communicated to researchers that the site was a cenotaph, a symbolic grave for someone who was laid to rest elsewhere.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
19 Oct. 2025
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Now draw an imaginary line diagonally through the Dipper's bowl from Dubhe (the upper right star in the bowl) down through Phecda (the lower left star in the bowl) and extend that line downward about twice the distance between those two stars and that will bring you to the vicinity of Cor Caroli.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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While their mother is not in the picture, Judy seeks guidance from her boss, Alyson (Megan Mullally), and her imaginary friend, Alanis Morissette (voicing herself), who appears to her in the Northern Lights.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
3 Oct. 2025
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The rest of the cast is similarly sleepwalking through a fanciful pantomime of Southern culture rather than a serious drama.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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The second and more fanciful rescue comes some months later, after Wilbur has outgrown the Arables’ farm and settled into a bigger one down the road.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
1 Oct. 2025
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Mixing and matching styles, abstract with figurative, oils with watercolors, sketches with photos, can create visual interest.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 Oct. 2025
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Onstage, figurative images steal focus from the music.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Arsenal might have opened the door for Melchie Dumornay to punish them but the 22-year-old Haiti international’s tenacity and finesse to execute was emblematic of her team’s performance.—
Megan Feringa,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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The wall jumping is emblematic of the issue.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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Advertisement Diplomacy appeared to be another—and not just in the metaphorical sense.—
Karl Vick,
Time,
11 Oct. 2025
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And that's before the metaphoric storm of secrets and lies blazes through the station.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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