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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apologue
Noun
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The team’s hypothesis gets its name from a 2,400-year-old allegory by the Greek philosopher Plato.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
7 Jan. 2026 -
His canvases are populated by allegories.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Maybe a bit like the characters in our parable.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 Nov. 2025
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Frankenstein is the purest of parables—working both as a straight narrative and as a symbolic one.—
Guillermo del Toro,
The Atlantic,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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According to historical fables, yes.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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His movies — farces, fables, experiments — reside in surreal worlds of their own.—
Jake Coyle,
Boston Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Some readers might expect an indictment of fan fiction and celebrity culture; Yi swerves, though, and creates a more searching and subversive tale of love, connection, and art.—
Erin Somers,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2026
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In pitting his offspring against each other in a battle for the family empire Rupert Murdoch became part of a tale as old as time… A tale well told in Gabe Sherman’s Bonfire of the Murdochs.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Apologue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apologue. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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