English Dictionary

allegorism

名詞

不可算名詞 通常

The use of allegory. / (theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.

日本語の意味

寓意（しぐさ）を用いること、つまり寓意法の使用 / （神学において）世俗的で有形なものが、神聖なものを指し示すという性質によって本来の価値や意義を持つという信念

The novelist's heavy allegorism turned the charming tale into a layered moral lesson.

その小説家の度重なる寓意の使用によって、魅力的な物語は重層的な道徳的教訓に変わった。

意味（1）

The use of allegory.

These two tendencies correspond, mutatis mutandis, with the development of symbolism and allegorism in twentieth-century literature.

意味（2）

(theology) The belief that the primary value and significance of what is earthly and tangible is the way it points to the divine.

He goes so far as to affirm that in Scripture 'all has a spiritual meaning, but not everything has a literal meaning' (De princ. 2,3,5). We have here the point of departure for all the exaggerations of medieval allegorism.

allegorisms （ plural ）