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Definition allegory in British English

allegory noun

[countable/uncountable] noun
/ˈæləɡ(ə)ri/
1

a story, play, or poem in which the events and characters are used as symbols in order to express a moral, religious, or political idea

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1.1

the use of events and characters as symbols

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Definition allegory in British English