English Dictionary

allegory

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈæl.ɪˌɡɔː.ɹi/

名詞

可算名詞 修辞法 不可算名詞

(rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

日本語の意味

登場人物、場所、または出来事を用いて、実際の問題や出来事についての広いメッセージや教訓を伝える物語。 / 寓話として知られる、象徴的な意味合いを持つ物語。

The novel serves as an allegory of modern consumerism, with its empty shopping malls standing in for a society that values things over people.

その小説は現代の消費主義についての寓意的な物語で、空っぽのショッピングモールが物を人より重んじる社会を象徴している。

意味（1）

(rhetoric) A narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.

Ah! the Roman emperor, who desired that his slavery might be alleviated by his fetters being made of gold, was a very rational person. I have always considered it an allegory, showing the necessity of marrying for money.

意味（2）

A picture, book, or other form of communication using such representation.

意味（3）

A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.

There were casts of the Gladiator—he whose native courage struggled against the doom which was yet welcome—a mournful allegory of honour.

意味（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.

allegories （ plural ）