English Explanatory Dictionary

allegoresis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The interpretive analysis of art, text, spoken word, etc., to identify allegory.

Word forms

allegoresis allegoreses

Etymology

First used 1870, in a translation by T. L. Kingsbury. Possibly a literary coinage referencing Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (ăllēgorĭ́ā)) + -ησις (-ēsis) (from -σις (-sis)).

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