Aesopian

adjective

variants also Aesopic
Definition of Aesopiannext
as in symbolic

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  1. symbolic
  2. allegorical
  3. emblematic
  4. figurative
  5. metaphoric
  6. tropical
  7. figural
Adjective
  • This approach also failed to deter Ukraine’s land incursions into Russia and strikes on symbolic Russian targets and Russian strategic infrastructure, let alone compel Kyiv to surrender.
    — Dmitry Adamsky, Foreign Affairs, 21 Oct. 2026
  • In these situations, withdrawing into a literal or symbolic dark room—avoiding sources of stress and going to a safe place—can be adaptive in the short term.
    — Maia Szalavitz, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of symbolic
Adjective
  • The original series used diverse crews and allegorical storytelling to champion inclusion, collaboration and optimism — tenents that continue today.
    — Tracy Brown, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The half-dozen allegorical sculptures gathered in the new museum—The Lions, Liberty, Progress, Work, Peace, and Justice—were commissioned for Buenos Aires’s Palace of the Argentine National Congress in 1906.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of allegorical
Adjective
  • Blood & Oil feels emblematic of both what’s right and wrong with free car music in the DMV.
    — Olivier Lafontant, Pitchfork, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps most emblematic was the sequence that played out late in the second quarter.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of emblematic
Adjective
  • Despite its bond with performance, cringe finds its medial match in such figurative painting.
    — Eugenie Brinkema, ARTnews.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Viewers can ponder Dunham’s dramatic stylistic shift from abstract forms to cartoonish figurative images through the exhibition’s 50 career-spanning works.
    — Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of figurative
Adjective
  • The production design is excellent, the humorous details of Vision’s metaphorical manse and the externalization of computer processes clever.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • For Wolf, frolicking in mud is both literal and metaphorical.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of metaphoric
Adjective
  • The flooding is just the latest episode in two months of on-and-off heavy rain in the region caused by tropical moisture coming ashore from the Pacific.
    — Anna Wilder, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026
  • An area of high pressure over the Northeast, combined with a non-tropical low-pressure system in the Atlantic, are creating a corridor of persistent winds blowing onshore over the Southeast coast.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of tropical
Adjective
  • Bernard, the fabricator of phrases, is the book’s second devotee of metaphor, therefore also the first to beguile the others with the potential and pitfalls of figural language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 8 Sep. 2026
  • From figural bakers to upgraded pans, the new collection takes fall baking to a whole other level.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of figural
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