allegory
al.le.go.ry \'al-*-.go-r-e-, -.go.r-\ n [ME allegorie, fr. L allegoria, fr. Gk alle-goria, fr. ]alle-gorein to speak figuratively, fr. allos other + -agorein to speak publicly, fr. agora assembly - more at ELSE, GREGARIOUS 1a: the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human conduct or experience 1b: an instance of such expression 2: a symbolic representation : EMBLEM