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What is the adjective for allegories?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs allegorize and allegorise which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

allegorical
  1. of, relating to, or containing allegory
  2. Synonyms:
      3. symbolic, emblematic, representative, figurative, illustrative, metaphorical, parabolic, tropical, metaphoric, symbolising, symbolizing, allegoric, fictional, mystical, emblematical, symbolical, denotative, representational, suggestive, non-literal, descriptive, tropological, extended, indicative, imaginative, evocative, fanciful, characteristic, connotative, allusive, analogous, anagogic, mnemonic, exemplary, symptomatic, paradigmatic, figural, typical, indicatory, expressive, demonstrative, adumbrative, delineative, depictive, significant, token, abstract, nonliteral, not literal, exhibitive … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “A large allegorical needlework picture wrought by Agnes Park hangs above the mantel.”
      “Many of his paintings were large, with allegorical overtones, typically painted in a vigorous Expressionist style.”
      “I just can't join the bandwagon of rabble-rousers determined to endow basic biological functions with allegorical status.”
allegoric
  1. of, or relating to allegory
  2. Synonyms:
      3. allegorical, symbolic, emblematic, representative, figurative, metaphorical, illustrative, parabolic, tropical, metaphoric, symbolizing, symbolising, fictional, mystical, emblematical, symbolical, denotative, representational, suggestive, non-literal, descriptive, tropological, extended, indicative, imaginative, evocative, fanciful, characteristic, connotative, allusive, analogous, anagogic, mnemonic, exemplary, symptomatic, paradigmatic, figural, typical, indicatory, expressive, demonstrative, adumbrative, delineative, depictive, significant, token, abstract, nonliteral, not literal … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The artist used allegoric symbolism in his painting, representing abstract ideas through metaphorical imagery.”
      “It's been described as an allegoric journey of the evolution of human consciousness.”
      “Cineuropa: Would you describe Fighter as a kung fu movie with a message or a coming-of-age movie that uses martial arts as an allegoric tool?”
allegoristic
  1. allegorical
allegorized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of allegorize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. likened, equated, compared, analogized, bracketed, assimilated, associated, matched, paralleled, parallelled, related, correlated, linked, equalled, equaled, approached, resembled, drew an analogy between, drawn an analogy between, made an analogy between, set side by side, identified with, made like, noticed similarities, made connections between, showed the resemblance between, shown the resemblance between, showed the similarity between, shown the similarity between, thought of together, approximated to, beared comparison, distinguished between, drew a parallel between, drawn a parallel between, drew parallel, drawn parallel, made an analogy of, put alongside, regarded as similar, showed correspondence, shown correspondence, came up to, come up to, mentioned in the same breath, put together with, grouped, classed, connected, metaphorized … more
allegorizing
  1. present participle of allegorize
  2. Synonyms:
      3. likening, equating, comparing, analogizing, bracketing, assimilating, associating, matching, paralleling, parallelling, relating, correlating, linking, equalling, equaling, approaching, resembling, drawing an analogy between, making an analogy between, setting side by side, identifying with, making like, noticing similarities, making connections between, showing the resemblance between, showing the similarity between, thinking of together, approximating to, bearing comparison, distinguishing between, drawing a parallel between, drawing parallel, making an analogy of, putting alongside, regarding as similar, showing correspondence, coming up to, mentioning in the same breath, grouping, classing, metaphorizing, connecting, identifying, approximating, grouping with, bracketing with, classing with, drawing an analogy, regarding as the same, regarding as identical … more
allegorised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of allegorise
allegorising
  1. present participle of allegorise
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