beast fable

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as in allegory

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  1. allegory
  2. parable
  3. morality play
  4. bestiary
Noun
  • It can be read as a direct allegory for conversion therapy and for other ways that homophobia can alter behavior and cause lasting psychological and emotional damage.
    — Jen Yamato, Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • Hawthorne’s tale is not just an allegory of the Revolution.
    — John Swansburg, The Atlantic, 15 June 2026
Definition of allegory
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  • Shifting baseline syndrome was initially considered an evocative parable of humans’ estrangement from wild nature—a warning in the form of a hypothesis.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Jesus taught his followers by his remarkable example, including innumerable healings, as well as through his sermons and parables.
    — Eric Bashor, Christian Science Monitor, 13 July 2026
Definition of parable
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  • Every policy debate becomes a morality play.
    — Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 2 June 2026
  • But if the public takeaway is only simply that Stonepeak is the bad guy, that turns this conversation into a morality play instead of a governance reform movement.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026
Definition of morality play
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  • Kratos and his son Atreus traverse the nine realms, dig up old traumas, and stand off against a whole bestiary’s worth of gargantuan, flesh-eating monsters.
    — Luke Winkie, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Citizens of Louisiana only have to look up at their state flag to see an animal doing some pretty wild — and deeply symbolic — stuff out of a medieval bestiary.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 28 Mar. 2025
Definition of bestiary
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