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1. (n.) analogy
a similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based:
the analogy between the heart and a pump.
2. analogy
similarity or comparability:
I see no analogy between our situations.
3. analogy
a similarity of forms having a separate evolutionary origin
4. analogy
a linguistic process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when dialectal shoon was re-formed as
shoes.
5. analogy
a form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of known similarities in other respects.
Etymology: (1530–40; < L analogia < Gk)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) analogy
an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
2. (noun) analogy
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
"the operation of a computer presents and interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models show by analogy how matter is built up"
3. (noun) doctrine of analogy, analogy
the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ANALOGY
a resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden
2. (noun) ANALOGY
a relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different
3. (noun) ANALOGY
proportion; equality of ratios
4. (noun) ANALOGY
conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly
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