Words Like ANALOGY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ANALOGY.

4 Alternative Words Similar to analogy

1 Faith Noun      Synonym Words Like Faith
2 Religion Noun      Synonym Words Like Religion
3 Apophatism Noun      Antonym Words Like Apophatism
4 Cataphatism Noun      Antonym Words Like Cataphatism

1 examples of analogy

1 the models show by analogy how matter is built up

9 definitions of analogy

1 In mathematics, an equation between ratios.
2 An agreement, likeness, or proportion between the relations of things to one another; hence, often, agreement or likeness of things themselves.
3 Specifically In logic, a form of reasoning in which, from the similarity of two or more things in certain particulars, their similarity in other particulars is inferred.
4 In grammar, conformity to the spirit, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity as respects any of the characteristics of a language, as derivation, inflection, spelling, pronunciation, etc.
5 In biology, resemblance without affinity; physiological or adaptive likeness between things morphologically or structurally unlike: the opposite of homology.
6 A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
7 an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
8 drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
9 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
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