as in parable
a story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life
Dr. Seuss's story "The Sneetches" is a telling allegory about tolerance for people's differences
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Recent Examples of allegory
Beneath the fun, the two Maries radically refuse to be decorative, suggesting multiple political lenses—feminist allegory, Soviet satire, or pure Dadaist chaos.
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Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
The Persian text is a blend of ornate prose and verse dense with allegory and metaphor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
McLane’s character provides endless allegory for the music industry dynamics that Crockett has eschewed over his two-decade career.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
But if these movies are progressive allegories of beings transcending their differences, then Hoppers is a surprisingly blunt pushback to that notion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
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Jennifer Noyes, Air Mail, 25 Apr. 2026
The Persian text is a blend of ornate prose and verse dense with allegory and metaphor.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
McLane’s character provides endless allegory for the music industry dynamics that Crockett has eschewed over his two-decade career.
—Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 3 Apr. 2026
But if these movies are progressive allegories of beings transcending their differences, then Hoppers is a surprisingly blunt pushback to that notion.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for allegory
Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegory
Noun
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Jesus, who speaks in parables, not in dicta or dogmas, provides us with a primary instance of the power of the nonliteral tale.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
13 Apr. 2026
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On Sundays, O’Neal’s father preached hope from the pulpit, stories of his family intertwined with morals and truths and parables.—
Courtney Crowder,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2026
Noun
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That Niall finds Ruben so alluring is natural to Gadd, who believes the notion of a valiant male figure has been bred into everyone via fables and fairy tales.—
Carlos Aguilar,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2026
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On Friday, April 10, when those winged sprites took to the War Memorial Opera House stage for a seven-performance run, the whole tartan-and-gossamer fable felt more alive than ever.—
Rachel Howard,
San Francisco Chronicle,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The most obvious answer was that the story, on a deeper level, needed to be timeless, a tale of a desperate person facing moral dilemmas of increasing extremity while trying to hold fast to their values.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
1 May 2026
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The children participated in Disney+'s 2025 documentary Lost in the Jungle, which recounted their tale of survival, per The New York Times.—
Emily Blackwood,
PEOPLE,
1 May 2026
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“Allegory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegory. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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