Nonanalogy

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    That which is not an analogy.

    "Rather than a neat grid of inorganic parallels, analogies and nonanalogies are a tangle, reminiscent of a rhizome."

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"Rather than a neat grid of inorganic parallels, analogies and nonanalogies are a tangle, reminiscent of a rhizome."

Etymology

From non- + analogy.

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