tautegorical

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adjective

Not allegorical but self-signifying; having no meaning beyond its own existence.

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Meanings

adjective
  1. Not allegorical but self-signifying; having no meaning beyond its own existence.

Origin

From taut- + (all)egorical. Coined by English poet, literary critic and philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1820.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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