A symbolic representation which can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, usually a moral or political one.
A category that retains some of the structure of the category of binary relations between sets, representing a high-level generalisation of that category.
Origin
From Middle English allegorie, from Old French allegorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία, from ἄλλος + ἀγορεύω.
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