Noun Definition

allegory

1.Definition: a short moral story (often with animal characters)

Related Noun(s):apologue, fable, parable

Category: General

2.Definition: a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

Related Noun(s):emblem

Category: General

3.Definition: an expressive style that uses fictional characters and events to describe some subject by suggestive resemblances; an extended metaphor

Category: General