Definition of analogy Analogy
/ʌnæˈlʌʤi/ - [unatlujee] - a•nal•o•gy
We found 13 definitions of analogy from 8 different sources.
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What does analogy mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: analogies |
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| analogy - 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" | ||
| comparing, comparison the act of examining resemblances; "they made a comparison of noise levels"; "the fractions selected for comparison must require pupils to consider both numerator and denominator" | ||
| analogy - an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others | ||
| illation, inference the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation | ||
| analogy - 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 | ||
| doctrine of analogy | ||
| apophatism the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) | ||
| religious belief, religion, faith a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny; "he lost his faith but not his morality" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- analogy (Noun)
A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- analogy (n.)
A resemblance of relations; an agreement or likeness between things in some circumstances or effects, when the things are otherwise entirely different. Thus, learning enlightens the mind, because it is to the mind what light is to the eye, enabling it to discover things before hidden. - analogy (n.)
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs or parts which are decidedly different. - analogy (n.)
Proportion; equality of ratios. - analogy (n.)
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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analogy
The use of a similar example or model to explain or extrapolate from.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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analogy
an-al′o-ji, n. an agreement or correspondence in certain respects between things otherwise different—a resemblance of relations, as in the phrase, 'Knowledge is to the mind what light is to the eye:' relation in general: likeness: (geom.) proportion or the equality of ratios: (gram.) 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.—adjs. Analog′ical, Anal′ogic.—adv. Analog′ically.—v.t. Anal′ogise, to explain or consider by analogy:—pr.p. anal′ogīsing; pa.p. anal′ogīsed.—ns. Anal′ogism (obs.), investigation by analogy: argument from cause to effect; Anal′ogist, one who adheres to analogy; Anal′ogon = analogue.—adj. Anal′ogous, having analogy: bearing some correspondence with or resemblance to: similar in certain circumstances or relations (with to).—adv. Anal′ogously.—ns. Anal′ogousness; An′alogue, a word or body bearing analogy to, or resembling, another: (biol.) a term used to denote physiological, independent of morphological resemblance.—Organs are analogous to one another, or are analogues, when they perform the same function, though they may be altogether different in structure; as the wings of a bird and the wings of an insect. Again, organs are homologous, or homologues, when they are constructed on the same plan, undergo a similar development, and bear the same relative position, and this independent of either form or function. Thus the arms of a man and the wings of a bird are homologues of one another, while the wing of a bird and the wing of a bat are both analogous and homologous. [Gr. ana, according to, and logos, ratio.]
Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵
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analogy
Resemblance, relation, or equality; a similitude of ratios or proportions.
Wikipedia 
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Analogy in a more simple understanding is a similar structure to a given structure or the use of a similar example or model to explain something.
To be more precise one can say that it is both the cognitive process of transferring information from a particular subject (the analogue or source) to another particular subject (the target), and a linguistic expression corresponding to such a process.
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🔤- analogy, noun, singular of analogies.
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