Associations to the word «Analogy»
Noun
- Metaphor
- Impedance
- Inference
- Reasoning
- Parable
- Aquinas
- Allegory
- Similarity
- Resemblance
- Hadith
- Derivation
- Apartheid
- Dawkins
- Intuition
- Generalization
- Phoneme
- Plato
- Parallel
- Paradigm
- Freud
- Entropy
- Argument
- Cognition
- Symbolism
- Butler
- Fallacy
- Aristotle
- Deduction
- Induction
- Socrates
- Abstraction
- Regularity
- Idiom
- Precedent
- Likeness
- Kant
- Optics
- Relativity
- Mechanics
- Terminology
- Perception
- Conceit
- Phenomenon
- Topology
- Hypothesis
- Comparison
- Kepler
- Singular
- Duality
- Plural
- Verb
- Attribution
- Coherence
Adjective
- Reasoning
- Analogous
- Ethnographic
- Misleading
- By
- Figurative
- Intuitive
- Apt
- Fanciful
- Reasoned
- Metaphysical
- Analogue
- Superficial
- Quantum
- Hydraulic
- Relational
- Intelligible
- Causal
- Suggestive
- Verbal
- Explanatory
- Mechanical
- Plural
- Gravitational
- Imperfect
- Inaccurate
- Perceptual
- Linguistic
- Syntactic
- Logical
- Hypothetical
- Observable
- Algebraic
- Semantic
- Striking
- Faulty
- Mathematical
- Primordial
- Precedent
- Dimensional
- Geometrical
- Arithmetic
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.
Dictionary definition
ANALOGY, noun. An inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others.
ANALOGY, noun. 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".
ANALOGY, noun. 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.
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.