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Apologue

🔄 Synonyms of "Apologue"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
allegorynoun	(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
fablenoun	A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
parablenoun	A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Apologue"

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Word	Definition
fablenoun	A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
parablenoun	A short narrative illustrating a lesson (usually religious/moral) by comparison or analogy.
allegorynoun	(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message, usually a moral or political one, about real-world issues and occurrences; also, the interpretation of such symbols.
apolognoun	Alternative form of apologue. [A short story with a moral, often involving talking animals or objects; a fable.]
exemplumnoun	An example.
apothegmnoun	A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.
epimythiumnoun	A moral appended to the end of a story; an aftertale.
apophthegmnoun	(UK) Alternative spelling of apothegm. [A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.]
fairy storynoun	Synonym of fairy tale (“folktale with fantasy characters”).
parodynoun	A work or performance that imitates another work or performance with ridicule or irony.
aesopianismnoun	The positions expressed in Aesopian fables.
epopeanoun	Alternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
parabolanoun	(geometry) The conic section formed by the intersection of a cone with a plane parallel to a tangent plane to the cone; the locus of points equidistant from a fixed point (the focus) and line (the directrix).
epopeenoun	(rare, literary) an epic, saga
aegloguenoun	Obsolete form of eclogue. [A pastoral poem, often in the form of a shepherd's monologue or a dialogue between shepherds.]
épopéenoun	Alternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
epigramnoun	A brief but witty saying.
epyllionnoun	(literary) A brief narrative poem with a romantic or mythological theme.
epopoeianoun	Alternative form of epopee. [(rare, literary) an epic, saga]
anthropopeianoun	(rhetoric) Depiction or representation as human; anthropomorphism.