allegory

allegory
allegory (n.) late 14c., from O.Fr. allegorie (12c.), from L. allegoria, from Gk. allegoria "figurative language, description of one thing under the image of another," lit. "a speaking about something else," from allos "another, different" (see ALIAS (Cf. alias)) + agoreuein "speak openly, speak in the assembly," from agora "assembly" (see AGORA (Cf. agora)).

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