analogy

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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noun an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
noun drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
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

From Latin analogia, from Ancient Greek ἀναλογίᾱ (analogíā), from ἀνα- (ana-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”).

Obvious analogy to my idea. — Ulysses, James Joyce
Butler’s “Analogy,” Pitt on, 292. — William Pitt and national revival, J. Holland (John Holland) Rose
There was no parallel, no analogy. — By Advice of Counsel, Arthur Cheney Train

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