Analogize

verb

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Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To express as an analogy.

    "The teacher analogised swotting for an exam in terms of marathon training."

  2. 2
    make an analogy wordnet
  3. 3
    To treat one thing as analogous to another. transitive

    "Repulsion over polygamy is so ingrained in the American consciousness — analogizing it to slavery, the Republican platform of 1856 called it one of the country’s “twin relics of barbarism” — that judgmentally reveling in the exotic perversions of “Big Love” feels like something on the order of a national right."

Synonyms

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analogiseassimilatebalancecompareconfrontcontrast

Example

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"The teacher analogised swotting for an exam in terms of marathon training."

Etymology

From analogy + -ize.

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