allegoresis

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Definition of allegoresis

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

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

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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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