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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLEGORIC

allegoric  [ˌælɪˈɡɒrɪk] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLEGORIC

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Allegoric is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES ALLEGORIC MEAN IN ENGLISH?

allegoric

Allegory

Allegory is a rhetorical device in which characters or events in a literary, visual, or musical art form represent or symbolize ideas and concepts. Allegory has been used widely throughout the histories of all forms of art; a major reason for this is its immense power to illustrate complex ideas and concepts in ways that are easily digestible and tangible to its viewers, readers, or listeners. An allegory conveys its hidden message through symbolic figures, actions, imagery, and/or events. Allegory is generally treated as a figure of rhetoric; a rhetorical allegory is a demonstrative form of representation conveying meaning other than the words that are spoken. As a literary device, an allegory in its most general sense is an extended metaphor. One of the best known examples is "Allegory of the Cave" by Plato. In this allegory, there are a group of people who have lived chained to the wall of a cave all of their lives, facing a blank wall. The people watch shadows projected on the wall by things passing in front of a fire behind them and begin to ascribe forms to these shadows. According to the allegory, the shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALLEGORIC


amphigoric
ˌæmfɪˈɡɒrɪk
amphoric
æmˈfɒrɪk
caloric
kəˈlɒrɪk
categoric
ˌkætɪˈɡɒrɪk
Doric
ˈdɒrɪk
dysphoric
dɪsˈfɒrɪk
euphoric
juːˈfɒrɪk
historic
hɪˈstɒrɪk
hydrochloric
ˌhaɪdrəʊˈklɒrɪk
hydrofluoric
ˌhaɪdrəʊfluːˈɒrɪk
metaphoric
ˌmetəˈfɒrɪk
meteoric
ˌmiːtɪˈɒrɪk
motoric
məʊˈtɒrɪk
paregoric
ˌpærəˈɡɒrɪk
phantasmagoric
ˌfæntæzməˈɡɒrɪk
phosphoric
fɒsˈfɒrɪk
prehistoric
ˌpriːhɪˈstɒrɪk
pyrophoric
ˌpaɪrəʊˈfɒrɪk
toric
ˈtɒrɪk
Warwick
ˈwɒrɪk

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALLEGORIC

alleged
allegedly
alleger
allegge
Alleghenies
Allegheny Mountains
allegiance
allegiant
allegorical
allegorically
allegoricalness
allegories
allegorisation
allegorise
allegoriser
allegorist
allegorization
allegorize
allegorizer
allegory

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLEGORIC

anaphoric
boric
camphoric
chloric
choric
chromophoric
diasporic
fluoric
folkloric
isocaloric
isochoric
past historic
plethoric
protohistoric
pyloric
rhetoric
sophomoric
sporophoric
Theodoric
theoric

Synonyms and antonyms of allegoric in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «allegoric» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLEGORIC

Find out the translation of allegoric to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of allegoric from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «allegoric» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

寓言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alegórica
570 millions of speakers

English

allegoric
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

allegoric
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مجازي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллегорическая
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alegórica
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

অপ্রস্তুতপ্রশংসা দ্বারা বর্ণিত
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allégorique
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Allegoric
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

allegorisch
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寓話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

우화
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Allegoric
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tỷ dụ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

allegoric
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रुपकात्मक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alegorik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allegorico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alegoryczne
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алегорична
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alegoric
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλληγορικό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

allegoriese
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

allegoric
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

allegoriske
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of allegoric

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEGORIC»

The term «allegoric» is normally little used and occupies the 128.816 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEGORIC» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about allegoric

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLEGORIC»

Discover the use of allegoric in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to allegoric and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Odes on Several Descriptive and Allegoric Subjects by ...
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
William Collins, 2010
2
The Changery. An Allegoric Memoir of the Boston Exchange ...
ALLEGORIC MEMOIR "I 'I'll 1mm Qfirtbanga iIDt'fiw: on,rnx 'PERNICIOUS PROGRESS OF BANK SPEt'ULATION UNVEILED. an========s======§ BY PERSPEGTIVE. ' Him-a': “Cat meney honestly, ifyou can ,' but at any rate, get it," - -.+_-.
3
Inventory of the Objects forming the Art Collection of the ...
MODEL in red war: on brass, for ormoulu furniture decoration, with allegoric design. Spanish, latter half of 18th century. H. 2Q in. L. 1 l in. Purchased from Don Jose Calcerrada, price with 62 smilar objects £3 4s. No. 425364.. MODEL in red  ...
Victoria and Albert Museum, 1864
4
Fictional Thinking: A Poetics and Rhetoric of Fictional ...
Indeed, there is a tradition of allegoric interpretation of praxical fictional worlds, particularly in the context of religious cultures; e.g., the interpretation of The Song of Songs (The Song of Solomon) in the Jewish tradition. With no textual basis, ...
Eli Rozik, 2009
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Blackwood's Magazine
These images, being understood in a sense different from their direct literal import, gave to the personifications which they accompanied the rank and title of Allegoric figures. A woman, for instance, with a bridle in her hand, or a woman ...
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Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
... as degrading as any which he removed; and in effect so much the worse, as regarded the result, because, wanting the childish monstrosities of the mythologic legends, they had no benefit from any allegoric interpretations in the background.
7
The Collected Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge
ALLEGORIC. VISION. [May 1795; recast Aug 1811 and 1817] The text exists in three substantially different versions, each in support of a different argument. The first version was part of C's first lecture on revealed religion, delivered in Bristol in  ...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge, J. C. C. Mays, 2001
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The Language of the Kingdom and Jesus: Parable, Aphorism, ...
2.1 From Refuting Allegory to Embracing Metaphor6" 2.1.1 A Jiilicher: Either Allegory (Metaphor) or Parable (Simile)7 Jiilicher formulated his views regarding the tertium comparationis of parables in reaction to the allegoric interpretation of the ...
Jacobus Liebenberg, 2001
9
Understanding Participant-Reference Shifts in the Book of ...
It then is the allegoric interpretation that gains access to the real (spiritual) word and message of the written word. In consequence, the literary word embedded in the syntactic organization is lost out of sight since the main focus is on the ...
Oliver Glanz, 2012
10
The court of the gentiles: or a discours touching the ...
»f02 • Mctapboric and Allegoric ?bilosophie,&c. Book II. blcs , as Exjcch. 20. 49. Such also were Salomon's, Proverbs, for the most part, and al the Jewish Types ; which indeed were but Symbols, or corporeal Images of things spiritual. Or if we ...
Theophil Gale, 1672

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLEGORIC»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term allegoric is used in the context of the following news items.
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Watch Kendrick Lamar's Stirring Visual For His Latest Single “Alright …
Following his explosive performance of “Alright” at Sunday's BET Awards, Kendrick Lamar finally unveiled the stirring visual for the allegoric ... «STASHED, Jun 15»
2
A boy and a man learn new life lessons
The framing remains, but whereas it was more autobiographical before, “now it is more allegoric, more a reflection of him as an older guy ... «Independent Online, Jun 15»
3
"The Jesus Cow: A Novel," by Michael Perry (2015; Harper; $25.99 …
... he's barely mentioned directly (and certainly not irreverently), the cow runs this gently humorous, sweetly folksy -- but sharply allegoric -- story ... «Dubuque Telegraph Herald, Jun 15»
4
Book of the Week 06/17/2015: The Infinite Loop #3
It is meant to be allegoric of the current state of homosexual civil rights. Is loving your partner in a world that does not recognize that love ... «Nerdcore Movement, Jun 15»
5
Israel, imagined and real: an interview with director Elad Keidan at …
I like it a lot when miniature problems are somehow allegoric of bigger issues. And I feel that for people who might not be willing to deal with the ... «The Upcoming, Jun 15»
6
Cannes International Film Festival review
... "Carol", "Youth", "Madre Mia", "Our Little Sister", "The Sea of Trees", "My King", "Valley of Love" and even the allegoric "Tale of Tales". «Evangelical Focus, Jun 15»
7
Object of Intrigue: The Most Beautiful Banknote in U.S. History
Additional allegoric figures are 'Jupiter,' representing force, standing upon the backs of a span of spirited steeds, 'Fame,' proclaiming the ... «Atlas Obscura, Jun 15»
8
A non-fiction story of greed, faith, friendship and small-town life
... irreverently), the cow runs this gently humorous, sweetly folksy — but sharply allegoric — story of greed, faith, friendship and small-town life. «Bristol Herald Courier, Jun 15»
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'The Jesus Cow' is gently humorous, not irreverent
... mentioned directly (and certainly not irreverently), the cow runs this gently humorous, sweetly folksy — but sharply allegoric — story of greed, ... «DL-Online, Jun 15»
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Ravi Zacharias: Christian apologist offers reason with faith
How he told it in story form and in allegoric form. So when he died in '63 actually , it's ironic because it was November 22nd – obscured by the ... «Los Angeles Post-Examiner, Jun 15»

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