AESOPIAN Definition & Meaning

Aesopian

[ ee-soh-pee-uhn, ee-sop-ee- ]

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adjective

of, relating to, or characteristic of Aesop or his fables:
a story that points an Aesopian moral.
conveying meaning by hint, euphemism, innuendo, or the like:
In the candidate's Aesopian language, “soft on Communism” was to be interpreted as “Communist sympathizer.”

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Origin of Aesopian¹

1870–75; < Late Latin ��ō�辱 ( us ) + -an

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If Brasher sometimes tends to moralize when he writes about birds, it isn’t Aesopian.

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As the pandemic pushed more people to communicate and express themselves online, algorithmic content moderation systems have had an unprecedented impact on the words we choose, particularly on TikTok, and given rise to a new form of internet-driven Aesopian language.

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An Aesopian warning issues from each piece of footage.

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These days Tidal is less a streaming service more of a Aesopian parable.

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“Her work functions on conceptual, literary and Aesopian levels,” she said.

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