Disanalogy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A lack or failure of analogy. countable, uncountable

    "In addition, there would appear to be an important disanalogy between the case of mathematics and the case of philosophy."

  2. 2
    A lack or failure of analogy.; A false analogy. countable, uncountable

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"In addition, there would appear to be an important disanalogy between the case of mathematics and the case of philosophy."

Etymology

From dis- + analogy.

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