parablelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a parable.

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Meanings

adjectiveparablelike (comparative more parablelike, superlative most parablelike)

comparative more parablelike · superlative most parablelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a parable.

    The unnamed narrator of Whitehead’s parablelike third novel is a cynical “nomenclature consultant,” who devises names for such products as Apex, a Band-Aid knockoff sold in a variety of skin tones.

    2007 February 4, Ihsan Taylor, “Paperback Row”, in New York Times

Origin

From parable + -like.

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APA

parablelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parablelike

MLA

“parablelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parablelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “parablelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/parablelike.

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