met•a•phor

1. a figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.

[A metaphor is a figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another.  It may provide clarity or identify hidden similarities between two different ideas.]

al•le•go•ry

1. a story, poem, or picture that can be interpreted to reveal a hidden meaning, typically a moral or political one.

[An allegory is when a piece of visual or narrative media uses one thing to stand in for another.]

i•ro•ny

1. the expression of one’s meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.

[Irony is a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result.]

sat•ire

1. the use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the context of contemporary politics and other topical issues.

[Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, in which vices, follies, abuses and shortcomings are held up to ridicule.]

ab•surd•ism 

1.  intentionally ridiculous or bizarre behavior or character particularly in the belief that human beings exist in a purposeless, chaotic universe.

[Absurdism is the philosophical theory that the universe is irrational and meaningless and in which trying to find meaning leads people into conflict with the world.]

ni•hil•ism 

1.  the rejection of all religious and moral principles, in the belief that life is meaningless.

[Nihilism is a philosophical view that rejects generally accepted or fundamental aspects of human existence, such as knowledge, morality, or meaning.]

gib•ber•ish 

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