different between allegory vs allegorise

English

Etymology

From Middle English allegorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ????????? (all?goría), from ????? (állos, “other”) + ??????? (agoreú?, “I speak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æl.???o??.i/, /?æl.?????.i/

Noun

allegory (countable and uncountable, plural allegories)

1. (rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
2. A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.
3. A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
4. (mathematics, category theory) A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.

Derived terms

• allegoric
• allegorical
• allegorically
• allegorist
• allegorize

Related terms

• agora
• agoraphobia
• category

Translations

See also

• metaphor

English

Alternative forms

• allegorize

Etymology

allegory +? -ise

Verb

allegorise (third-person singular simple present allegorises, present participle allegorising, simple past and past participle allegorised)

1. (transitive, British spelling) To create an allegory from some event or situation.

   For his explanation he will allegorise the problem.

2. (intransitive, British spelling) To use allegory.

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Anagrams

• allegories