allegory
Kelime Anlamı :
1. kinaye.
2. yerine.
3. alegori.
4. remiz ve kinayeli hikâye kinaye.
5. allegori.
Tanımlar :
1.
the representation of abstract ideas or principles by characters, figures, or events in narrative, dramatic, or pictorial form.
2. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. john Bunyan's pilgrim's progress and Herman Melville's moby dick are allegories.
3. A symbolic representation: the blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
2. A story, picture, or play employing such representation. john Bunyan's pilgrim's progress and Herman Melville's moby dick are allegories.
3. A symbolic representation: the blindfolded figure with scales is an allegory of justice.
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
1.
the representation of abstract principles by characters or figures.
2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. A symbolic representation.
2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. A symbolic representation.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
1.
A figurative sentence or discourse, in which the principal subject is described by another subject resembling it in its properties and circumstances. the real subject is thus kept out of view, and we are left to collect the intentions of the writer or speaker by the resemblance of the secondary to the primary subject.
2. anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
3. A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
2. anything which represents by suggestive resemblance; an emblem.
3. A figure representation which has a meaning beyond notion directly conveyed by the object painted or sculptured.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
1.
to employ allegory; allegorize.
2. A figurative treatment of a subject not expressly mentioned, under the guise of another having analogous properties or circumstances; usually, a sentence, discourse, or narrative ostensibly relating to material things or circumstances, but intended as an exposition of others of a more spiritual or recondite nature having some perceptible analogy or figurative resemblance to the former.
3. A method of speaking or writing characterized by this kind of figurative treatment.
4. in painting and sculpture, a figurative representation in which the meaning is conveyed symbolically.
2. A figurative treatment of a subject not expressly mentioned, under the guise of another having analogous properties or circumstances; usually, a sentence, discourse, or narrative ostensibly relating to material things or circumstances, but intended as an exposition of others of a more spiritual or recondite nature having some perceptible analogy or figurative resemblance to the former.
3. A method of speaking or writing characterized by this kind of figurative treatment.
4. in painting and sculpture, a figurative representation in which the meaning is conveyed symbolically.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
1.
an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor
2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
3. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
2. a visible symbol representing an abstract idea
3. a short moral story (often with animal characters)
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.