## Meanings
1. A story whose characters and events stand for a deeper meaning, often a moral or political one.
2. The use of symbols to express a hidden, deeper meaning.

## Examples
- Animal Farm is an allegory about the dangers of political power.
- The painting is full of allegory, with each figure representing a virtue.

## Derived Forms
- allegoric
- allegorical
- allegorically
- allegorism
- allegorist
- allegoristic
- allegorization
- tautegorical
- tautegory

## Related Forms
- agora
- allegorise
- allegorize
- category
- metaphor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₂el-
- Root: allegorie
- Root: allēgoria
- Root: ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ
- Root: *h₂ger-

## Etymology
The noun is derived from Late Middle English allegorie (“symbolic interpretation; symbolism; (Christianity) one of the four methods of interpreting the Bible”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Allegorie is borrowed from Anglo-Norman allegorie and Middle French allegorie (“narrative with a hidden meaning; such a meaning or its interpretation”) (modern French allégorie), and directly from their etymon Latin allēgoria (“figurative or metaphorical language, allegory; parable”) (whence Late Latin allēgoria (“allegorical interpretation of the Bibl…

## AI Etymology
Allegory has separate etymological notes: The noun is derived from Late Middle English allegorie (“symbolic interpretation; symbolism; (Christianity) one of the four methods of interpreting the Bible”) + English -y (suffix forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state). Allegorie is borrowed from Anglo-Norman allegorie and Middle French allegorie (“narrative with a hidden meaning; such a meaning or its interpretation”) (modern French allégorie), and directly from their etymon Latin allēgoria (“figurative or metaphorical language, allegory; parable”) (whence Late Latin allēgoria (“allegorical interpretation of the Bibl… The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern nominal form is built from the named base and affix. Important recorded forms include *h₂el- (Proto-Indo-European), allegorie (Middle English), allēgoria (Latin), ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (Ancient Greek), and *h₂ger- (Proto-Indo-European). Current senses include a story whose characters and events stand for a deeper meaning, often a moral or political one and the use of symbols to express a hidden, deeper meaning. The wider family includes derived forms such as allegoric, allegorical, allegorically, allegorism, and allegorist and related words such as agora, allegorise, allegorize, category, and metaphor.

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- Communication
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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