Aesopian

形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /iːˈsəʊpɪən/    美 /iːˈsoʊpi.ən/

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Related to or concerning the Greek fabulist Aesop. not-comparable
  2. Characteristic of Aesop's animal fables. comparable
  3. Employing or having an ambiguous or allegorical meaning, especially a political meaning. comparable
    — When a government makes it impossible for people to talk about actions of the government that the population rejects, as often happened in Soviet times, those who still want to talk about such things and to bring to the attention of others their thoughts routinely turn to Aesopian language.

词形变化

more Aesopian comparative most Aesopian superlative Aesopean alternative Æsopean alternative,archaic Æsopian alternative,archaic Esopean alternative Esopian alternative

词汇关系

近义词
Aesopic Aesopish Esopic Aesopical
衍生词
Aesopianism

词源

From Latin Aesopius (“Aesopian”), from Ancient Greek Αἴσωπος (Aísōpos, “the famous Greek fabulist Aesop”).
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