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Synonyms for apologue
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : ap-uh-lawg, -log |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈæp əˌlɔg, -ˌlɒg |
Définition of apologue
Origin :- "moral fable," 1550s, from French apologue, from Latin apologus, from Greek apologos, from apo- "off, away from" (see apo-) + logos "speech" (see lecture (n.)). Literally, "(that which comes) from a speech."
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- And here, Socrates, I will leave the apologue and resume the argument.
- Extract from : « Protagoras » by Plato
- I had no answer for the apologue—not even for the self-condemnatory tone in which he told it.
- Extract from : « Aladdin & Co. » by Herbert Quick
- The anecdote was of the character of an apologue, and pertained to game.
- Extract from : « Evan Harrington, Complete » by George Meredith
- This apologue pleased the Cardinal, though, in fact, it was very superficial.
- Extract from : « The Duchess of Trajetto » by Anne Manning
- Length is not an essential matter in the definition of an apologue.
- Extract from : « Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 3 » by Various
- Compare the apologue of the gourd and the pear-tree in the sixth Satire (55-114).
- Extract from : « Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature » by John Addington Symonds
- This is an apologue of misplaced confidence in things earthly.
- Extract from : « Anglo-Saxon Literature » by John Earle
- Such an apologue is literally no exaggeration of the facts of English history.
- Extract from : « What's Wrong With The World » by G.K. Chesterton
- Guynemer had answered, not seeing an apologue in his father's words.
- Extract from : « Georges Guynemer » by Henry Bordeaux
- Apologue (apo-log), a story or relation of fictitious events intended to convey some useful truths.
- Extract from : « The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 » by Various
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