vertauskuva.
allegory (something, e.g. an emblem or a symbol, which represents something else as a hidden, broader message, rather than literally)
Meaning & usage
allegory (something, e.g. an emblem or a symbol, which represents something else as a hidden, broader message, rather than literally)
allegory (use of symbols which may be interpreted to reveal a hidden, broader message)
Where this word comes from
vertaus (“comparison, simile”) + kuva (“image”). Coined by Finnish priest Anders Gabriel Wikman in 1829.
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