allegorize
/ˈæləɡɔˌɹaɪz/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To interpret (a picture, story, or other form of communication) to reveal a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences.
Transitive verb
verb
To create an allegory from (a character, an event or situation, etc.); also, to use one or more symbols to depict (a hidden, broader message about real-world issues and occurrences).
Transitive verb
verb
Followed by away: to treat (something) as allegorical or symbolic rather than as truth.
Transitive verb
Example Sentences
- "For his explanation he will allegorize the problem."
Etymology
From Late Middle English allegoriese, allegorisen (“to interpret (something) in a spiritual sense”), from Anglo-Norman allegorizer and Middle French allegoriser, alegoriser (“to express or interpret allegorically”) (modern French allégoriser), and from their etymon Late Latin allēgorizāre, the present active infinitive of allēgorizō (“to express or interpret allegorically”), from Ancient Greek ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ (ăllēgorĭ́ā, “veiled language, allegory”) + Late Latin -izō (suffix forming verbs expressing resemblance or similarity). Ἀ̆λληγορῐ́ᾱ (Ăllēgorĭ́ā) is probably derived from ἀλληγορος (allēgoros, “allegorical”) (though only attested in Byzantine Greek) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns); and ἀλληγορος (allēgoros) from ᾰ̓́λλος (ắllos, “another; different”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“beyond; other”)) + ἠγόρ- (ēgór-, the imperfect stem of ἀγορεύω (agoreúō, “to speak in the assembly; to say, speak”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming certain inflections of adjectives). By surface analysis, allegory + -ize.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *h₂el-, allegoriese, allegorizer, allegoriser, allēgorizāre, ᾰ̓λληγορῐ́ᾱ
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈæləɡɔˌɹaɪz/
- British English: /ˈælɪɡəɹaɪz/