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ALLEGORIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does allegoric mean?
• ALLEGORIC (adjective)
The adjective ALLEGORIC has 1 sense:
1. used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
Familiarity information: ALLEGORIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used in or characteristic of or containing allegory
Synonyms:
allegoric; allegorical
Context example:
an allegorical painting of Victory leading an army
Similar:
representative (standing for something else)
Derivation:
allegory (an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor)
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