allegorization
(ˌælɪgɒraɪˈzeɪʃən)
[f. allegorize, as if ad. L. *allēgorīzātiōn-em, n. of action f. allēgorīzā-re: see -ation.]
Allegorical representation or interpretation.
| 1827 De Quincey in Blackw. Mag. XXI. 14 Temperance and Constancy, are simply impersonated abstractions and not allegorizations. 1846 Grote Greece I. i. xvi. 563 Proclus is full of similar allegorisation both of Homer and Hesiod. |