Synonyms for analogy
əˈnæl ə dʒianal·o·gy

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1. analogy

   Analogy is specifically a resemblance of relations; a resemblance that may be reasoned from, so that from the likeness in certain respects we may infer that other and perhaps deeper relations exist. Affinity is a mutual attraction with or without seeming likeness; as, the affinity of iron for oxygen. Coincidence is complete agreement in some one or more respects; there may be a coincidence in time of most dissimilar events. Parity of reasoning is said of an argument equally conclusive on subjects not strictly analogous. Similitude is a rhetorical comparison of one thing to another with which it has some points in common. Resemblance and similarity are external or superficial, and may involve no deeper relation; as, the resemblance of a cloud to a distant mountain. Compare ALLEGORY.

   Synonyms:
   affinity, coincidence, comparison, likeness, parity, proportion, relation, resemblance, semblance, similarity, simile, similitude

   Antonyms:
   disagreement, disproportion, dissimilarity, incongruity, unlikeness

   Preposition:
   The analogy between (or of) nature and revelation; the analogy of sound to light; a family has some analogy with (or to) a state.

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1. analogy

   Synonyms:
   relation, resemblance, proportion, similarity, similitude, coincidence, affinity, comparison, parity

   Antonyms:
   disproportion, dissimilarity, disharmony, irrelativeness, heterogeneousness, incongruity, inaffinity

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1. analogynoun

   an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

   Synonyms:
   doctrine of analogy

2. analogynoun

   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"

   Synonyms:
   doctrine of analogy

3. doctrine of analogy, analogynoun

   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

   Synonyms:
   doctrine of analogy

Matched Categories

1. • Comparison
   • Inference
   • Religion

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1. analogynoun

   Synonyms:
   similarity (in relations or uses), resemblance, likeness, parallelism, similitude, parity, correspondence

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1. analogynoun

   Synonyms:
   resemblance, similarity, parallelism, agreement, correspondence

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1. List of paraphrases for "analogy":

   mutandis, metaphor, similarity

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1. Paul Viollis:

   I think insurance is a good analogy, everyone who buys insurance buys it on what if… and people and don’t’ really want to roll the dice anymore. There is so many things that have raised the risk level and raise the concern… to absolutely take certain measures.

2. John Gibbs:

   I think one analogy that you could look at here is the mafia, for many years, you could never arrest them. You knew they were throwing guys off roofs and stuff but all you could get them for was tax evasion and money laundering because you don't quite have the legal and investigative framework in place to catch them.

3. Alex Greninger:

   A remora is not like the best analogy, but it's sort of like that. It's got to have a host virus.

4. James Acton:

   Fukushima is a better analogy than Chernobyl, in this event, evacuations may be required for tens of kilometers around the plant, especially downwind. In the middle of a war those would be exceptionally dangerous.

5. Scott Huettel:

   I'd be very surprised if the algorithm ... has anything more than just superficial analogy to what we would call human intuition.