寓意|ぐういguui[1]atamadaka (head-high)

1. nounhidden meaning; symbolism; moral (of a story); allegorical meaning
   同おなじように現代げんだい美術びじゅつの寓意ぐうい的てき手順てじゅんに関かんして捧ささげられたエッセイにおいて、バックローは６人にんの女性じょせい芸術家げいじゅつかについて議論ぎろんしている。↗

   In an essay similarly devoted to allegorical procedures in contemporary art, Buchloh discusses 6 women artists.

• Related教訓きょうくんNeutralA lesson drawn from experience or a story, as in 「失敗を教訓にする」; more direct than 「寓意」, which hints at meaning through something else. Neutral in register.
• Related戒めいましめWrittenA warning or admonition, in written/formal prose; stresses cautioning or forbidding in advance, as in 「自らへの戒め」. Unlike 「寓意」, it does not hint through another thing.

Use 「寓意」 for a meaning hinted at through something else, as in 「寓意を込める」 or 「寓意画」. Use 「教訓」 for the lesson drawn from it, and 「戒め」 for self-admonition or a warning against wrongdoing.

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1. 他ほかのことに託かこつけてある意味いみを仄ほのめかすこと。また、その意味いみ。