allegorist
/ˈælɪɡərɪst/
noun
- A writer or artist who creates allegories (works with hidden symbolic meanings).
- Medieval allegorists often wrote poems where characters personified virtues and vices.
- The painter was an allegorist, using everyday objects to represent abstract ideas like hope and despair.
- George Orwell was a famous allegorist whose novel 'Animal Farm' criticized totalitarianism.
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