Allegory
Allegory noun - A story intended to teach a basic truth or moral about life.
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Synonyms for Allegory
Likening and allegory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Likening" instead a noun "Allegory".
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Related pairs
- comparison and allegory
- comparison and likening
- association and allegory
- association and likening
- estimation and allegory
- estimation and likening
- relation and allegory
- relation and likening
- parallel and allegory
- parallel and likening
- similarity and allegory
- similarity and likening
- analogy and allegory
- analogy and likening
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- The Villain Protagonist of the series has the properly ironic name of "Light" (this refers to Dante's allegory with likening God to the Sun and sunlight, which is used often in the Bible, a name that is written as 'Moon' but read as 'Light', as in 'moonlight').
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