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Obviously I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not do something because it may be politically incorrect. At some point, the metaphors and allegories break down. They disappear, and you just have science fiction.
Neill Blomkamp

Meaning of "allegories" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF ALLEGORIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALLEGORIES

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determiner
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Allegories is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALLEGORIES MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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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 BEGIN LIKE ALLEGORIES

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alleger
allegge
Alleghenies
Allegheny Mountains
allegiance
allegiant
allegoric
allegorical
allegorically
allegoricalness
allegorisation
allegorise
allegoriser
allegorist
allegorization
allegorize
allegorizer
allegory
allegretto

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALLEGORIES

accessories
advisories
calories
categories
countries
directories
dormitories
factories
French Southern and Antarctic Territories
histories
inventories
laboratories
memories
Northwest Territories
repositories
stories
territories
theories
Tories
trajectories
victories

Synonyms and antonyms of allegories in the English dictionary of synonyms

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SYNONYMS OF «ALLEGORIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «allegories» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of allegories

Translation of «allegories» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALLEGORIES

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

Translator English - Chinese

寓言
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alegorías
570 millions of speakers

English

allegories
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रूपक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الرموز
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

аллегории
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alegorias
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

allegories
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

allégories
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alegori
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Allegorien
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

寓話
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

알레고리
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Allegories
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

những biểu tượng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நீதிக்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

रूपकां
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alegorilerin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

allegorie
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alegorie
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

алегорії
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alegorii
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

αλληγορίες
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

allegorieë
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

allegorier
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

allegorier
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of allegories

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEGORIES»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALLEGORIES» OVER TIME

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

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3 QUOTES WITH «ALLEGORIES»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word allegories.
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Neill Blomkamp
Obviously I don't want to make a film that offends people, but the whole world is so politically correct - I'm not going to not do something because it may be politically incorrect. At some point, the metaphors and allegories break down. They disappear, and you just have science fiction.
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Manuel Puig
I think cinema is closer to allegories than to reality. It's closer to our dreams.
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Henry Timrod
Each has its lesson; for our dreams in sooth, come they in shape of demons, gods, or elves, are allegories with deep hearts of truth that tell us solemn secrets of ourselves.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALLEGORIES»

Discover the use of allegories in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to allegories and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Categories, Allegories
General concepts and methods that occur throughout mathematics – and now also in theoretical computer science – are the subject of this book.
P.J. Freyd, A. Scedrov, 1990
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Allegories of Writing: The Subject of Metamorphosis
This is a theoretical study of human metamorphosis in Western literature.
Bruce Clarke, 1995
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Symbols and Allegories in Art
"The purpose of this volume is to provide today's readers and museum-goers with a tool for orienting themselves in the world of images and learning to read the hidden meanings of certain famous paintings."-Introduction.
Matilde Battistini, 2005
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Allegories of Kingship: Calderón and the Anti-Machiavellian ...
By analyzing secular dramas (comedias) and religious plays (autos sacramentales), Stephen Rupp demonstrates Calderón's awareness of the ideas and institutions of power in Hapsburg Spain and explores the terms of his intervention in the ...
Stephen Rupp, 2005
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Allegories
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Frederic William Farrar, 2012
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Allegories of Farming from Greece and Rome: Philosophical ...
In this book Professor Kronenberg shows that Xenophon's Oeconomicus, Varro's De Re Rustica and Virgil's Georgics are not simply works on farming but belong to a tradition of philosophical satire which uses allegory and irony to question the ...
Leah Kronenberg, 2009
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Fragonard's Allegories of Love
The book accompanies "Consuming Passion: Fragonard's Allegories of Love," an exhibition of the artist's work that opens at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute on October 28, 2007, and at the J. Paul Getty Museum on February 12, ...
Andrei Molotiu, J. Paul Getty Museum, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2007
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Displaced Allegories: Post-Revolutionary Iranian Cinema
Offering close readings of the work of the nationally popular and internationally renowned Iranian auteurs Bahram Bayza’i, Abbas Kiarostami, and Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Mottahedeh illuminates the formal codes and conventions of post ...
Negar Mottahedeh, 2008
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Allegories of Communication: Intermedial Concerns from ...
Allegories of Communication provides insights into the shifting configurations of moving-image technologies.
John Fullerton, Jan Olsson, 2004
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Seditious Allegories: John Thelwall and Jacobin Writing
This book, the first on Thelwall in almost one hundred years, combines literary analysis and historical description to show how this innovative political activist remained true to his radicalism while adapting his methods in the face of the ...
Michael Scrivener, 2008

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALLEGORIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term allegories is used in the context of the following news items.
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How Murakami's publishers have replaced his book with a brand
Writing in the Christian Science Monitor, Lewis wrote, “The Strange Library is a kid's book, no matter how many allegories, semiotics, ... «Scroll.in, Jul 15»
2
Healing After Divorce in 5 Allegories: I Was Married to the Wizard of …
I studied and analyzed a lot of literature in college, and I came to realize in these mid-to later years of life that I learn best and with deeper ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
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Stephen King's 'Drunken Fireworks' -- available only on audio
The earliest stories, after all, were fables, allegories, shared aloud, and there is something of the allegorical to “Drunken Fireworks,” as well. «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
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New Museum and MIT Press Launch New Anthology Series with …
... Blasted Allegories: An Anthology of Writings by Contemporary Artists (1989), and Discourses: Conversations in Postmodern Art and Culture ... «Broadway World, Jun 15»
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Nurture//Nature: Like a blowtorch to an apple
... by a blowtorch created by Rachel Yurgovich focuses on human consumption and consumerism using historical allegories, but also questions ... «Connect Savannah.com, Jun 15»
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Richard Thompson – Still
... that as his recent norm move through the nagging complexities of human relations, socio-political reflexions and self-immolating allegories. «DOA, Jun 15»
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Rep Cinema This Week: Eden, RoboCop, and Gentlemen Prefer …
... 100 minutes, it's either one of the leanest ultra-violent action films of the notoriously bloated 1980s or one of the slimmest political allegories. «Torontoist, Jun 15»
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Newry animator making abig splash in movie world
Selkies were often allegories for the grief of losing someone to the sea and many of these tales of folklore seemed to be about families dealing ... «the Irish News, Jun 15»
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An Artist's Artist: Yoan Capote at Jack Shainman Gallery
... behind a veil, spotlit from the floor, projecting Platonic allegories of the revolutionary leader at Shainman's 20th Street space in Chelsea. «BLOUIN ARTINFO, Jun 15»
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REVIEW: It's Riverdance meets Game of Thrones in Flatley's new …
The show is full of allegories and metaphors, with the dancing taking place to a backdrop of film, holograms and special effects. The opening scene makes you ... «Echo, Jun 15»

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