Allegory and Imagination

Allegory

Allegory noun - A story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life.

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Imagination and allegory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Imagination" instead a noun "Allegory".

Nearby Words: allegorize, allegorical, allegorized, allegoric, allegorizing

Imagination

Imagination noun - The ability to form mental images of things that either are not physically present or have never been conceived or created by others.

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Antonyms for Imagination

Allegory and imagination are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Allegory" instead a noun "Imagination".

Nearby Words: imagine, imaginary, imaginative, imagined, imaginable

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How words are described

good	good allegory	good imagination
better	better allegory	better imagination
original	original allegory	original imagination
medieval	medieval allegory	medieval imagination
Other adjectives: strong, real, big, huge, bad, dark, ancient.

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This often forms part of an allegory or metaphor for escapism, the idea that the imagination allows a reader to 'enter' a work and subconsciously cast themselves as an observer or a main character.

Source: Intrepid Fictioneer
A lot of Tom Waits' output sounds like deeply meaningful allegory, when in reality it's just a literal demonstration of Waits' unique imagination.

Source: Misaimed Fandom / Music

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