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nounthe 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
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nounan inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
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"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"noundrawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respecttype of:
Definition that contains analogy
- sleep euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- rest euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- 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
- quietus euphemisms for death (based on an analogy between lying in a bed and in a tomb)
- analogical expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy
- analogise make an analogy
- steel trap an acute intelligence (an analogy based on the well-known sharpness of steel traps)
- analogist someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy
- doctrine of 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
- analogize make an analogy