HyperDic: apologue

English > 1 sense of the word apologue:
NOUNcommunicationapologue, fable, parable, allegorya short / short moral story (often with animal characters)
English > apologue: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA short / short moral story (often with animal characters).
Synonymsfable, parable, allegory
InstancesPilgrim's ProgressAn allegory written by John Bunyan in 1678
NarrowerAesop's fablesA collection of fables believed to have been written by the Greek storyteller Aesop
BroaderstoryA piece of fiction that narrates a chain of related events
Spanishalegoría, aplogo, apólogo, fábula, parábola
Catalanal·legoria, apòleg, faula, paràbola

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