alegori

See also: alegorî

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch allegorie, from French allégorie, from Latin allegoria, from Ancient Greek ἀλληγορία (allēgoría).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aleˈɡori]
• Hyphenation: alé‧go‧ri

Noun

alégori (plural alegori-alegori)

1. (literature) allegory: a narrative in which a character, place, or event is used to deliver a broader message about real-world issues and occurrences

Derived terms

• alegori sufi

Related terms

• alegoris

Further reading

• “alegori”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016