idiom
Allegory of the Cave
AL-eh-gor-ee uv the kayv
/ˈæləɡɔːriː əv ðə keɪv/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
allegoryofthecave
Dictionary meaning
Plato's metaphor for the human condition — prisoners mistake shadows for reality until freed to see the world
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