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Analogy
//əˈnæləd͡ʒi// noun
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Noun
- 1 A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation. countable, uncountable
"Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love."
- 2 drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect wordnet
- 3 The proportion or the equality of ratios. countable, uncountable
- 4 an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others wordnet
- 5 The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes. countable, uncountable
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- 6 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 wordnet
Etymology
From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), from ἀνα- (ana-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”).
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