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as in mythological
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Recent Examples of allegorical
McCrae, too, approaches Dante’s allegorical vision with an urgency derived from a struggle that collapses the personal and the social, until the metaphysical realm seems the only possible stage.
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Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The allegorical imagery partly found its allure from costume designer Lisy Christl.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The music video is a visual interpretation of lyrics that seemingly have Abel addressing a child, from the perspective of a parent, with an allegorical title referencing the Ethiopian Red Terror, a period of violet political repression that resulted in the deaths of thousands in the late ’70s.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
Today, its walls and pillars sit in the Louvre Abu Dhabi, along with a 17th-century ceiling, from the Louis XIV era, adorned with an allegorical painting.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
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Elisa Gonzalez, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
The allegorical imagery partly found its allure from costume designer Lisy Christl.
—Daron James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2025
The music video is a visual interpretation of lyrics that seemingly have Abel addressing a child, from the perspective of a parent, with an allegorical title referencing the Ethiopian Red Terror, a period of violet political repression that resulted in the deaths of thousands in the late ’70s.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 1 Feb. 2025
Today, its walls and pillars sit in the Louvre Abu Dhabi, along with a 17th-century ceiling, from the Louis XIV era, adorned with an allegorical painting.
—Sofia Celeste, WWD, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for allegorical
Adjective
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Lethe, the mythological Greek river of forgetfulness, is compared to the potent plant poison, and the speaker implores the reader to refuse both.—
Laura Murphy,
JSTOR Daily,
28 Feb. 2025
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art is returning to Greece the bronze head of a griffin, the mythological creature, after determining that the artifact from the 7th century B.C. was likely stolen from an archaeological museum in Olympia in the 1930s.—
Graham Bowley,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Changing the terminology the committee uses is a symbolic move that reflects the support among many Republicans in Congress for recognizing Israeli sovereignty there.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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By then, John had died, and a new Pope, Paul VI—the former Archbishop of Milan, Giovanni Battista Montini—had gone to Jerusalem, seeking symbolic expression of the new Catholic-Jewish amity.—
Paul Elie,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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In the case of the imaginary fruit, for example, glucose and citric acid would be used.—
Gayoung Lee,
Scientific American,
28 Feb. 2025
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Some of the stories are set in the past, others in the present, and still others in an imaginary future.—
Foreign Affairs,
Foreign Affairs,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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At age 30, Davis has transformed those fanciful visions into concrete reality.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Feb. 2025
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But the idea of them overhauling Liverpool seems fanciful.—
James McNicholas,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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That was the battle cry of an industry post-COVID, the strikes and a collective depression (both literal and figurative).—
Julie Plec,
The Hollywood Reporter,
27 Feb. 2025
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Even fewer contain figurative imagery on their walls.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This exchange is emblematic of their close but often adversarial relationship: two similarly bloody-minded women who are always butting heads.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
9 Mar. 2025
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The result Friday was emblematic of differing path between the two franchises.—
Chris Biderman,
Sacramento Bee,
8 Mar. 2025
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“Allegorical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/allegorical. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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