analogy
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definition
noun
an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies
a comparison between two things, typically on the basis of their structure and for the purpose of explanation or clarification.
example
In fact - as a percentage of the population - there's basically a direct 'analogy' between the number of gay tax-payers and the number of gay students.
I fail to see the 'analogy' between banning a behavior that is being repressed by violence and banning a behavior that is being enforced by violence.
To the extent that there is any analogy between Moveon and anything that happened half a century ago, the 'analogy' should be to organized labor more generally.
But is preventive medicine really the proper 'analogy' to contraception?
The 'analogy' to the late Carter administration is quite apt.
So what are we doing here; drawing an 'analogy' between the power-law curve of small-campaign news coverage and of small-weblog traffic?
A friend of mine takes the moral 'analogy' between the aftermath of the Civil War and the current situation in Iraq one step further.
It now occurs to me that the best 'analogy' for Google hits as a measurement term is not hertz or joules or pascals, but degrees Celsius.
works of art were seen as an 'analogy' for works of nature
The problem with standardized tests is that they do not measure a student's willingness to do work and to succeed, and this makes a timed test a poor 'analogy' to life.
works of art were seen as an 'analogy' for works of nature
This is the source of scepticism about other minds: how, given that the argument from 'analogy' does not work, can I claim to be justified in believing that there are any minds other than my own in the universe?
The real 'analogy' behind natural selection is the work of the natural historian.
My apartment is an 'analogy' for my mind.
In drawing this 'analogy' Darwin goes beyond denying the simultaneous creation of all species and calls into question the idea of classification as a whole.
As a law professor, I help train people to argue from 'analogy' and to distinguish among different cases.
The steering wheel isn't the only possible basis for Cowan's 'analogy' .
Abp1 (and by 'analogy' cortactin) also might function to attenuate stronger NPFs in vivo.
The 'analogy' between Russia on the eve of the Bolshevik Revolution and the 1997/98 situation was also popular with many political scientists.
he interprets logical functions by 'analogy' with machines
I see about me living human beings, and the argument from 'analogy' is supposed to allow me to infer that these are persons like myself.
I'm not sure, either, that genre in music is a good 'analogy' , especially when talking about literature, which… well… has genres, too.
Crimes not specifically identified in the Sharia are defined on the basis of 'analogy' and often are punished by prison sentences.
Another illustration that he gives is an 'analogy' between words and pieces in a chess game.
Yet there's a striking 'analogy' between Smith and the man who is possibly the world's most influential CEO, Warren Buffett.
But for a closer 'analogy' to the DFD situation, we have to move overseas.
Coleman drew an 'analogy' between Cheney and my favorite historical figure, Ulysses Grant.
However, I'm also reminded of an 'analogy' between blogs and old-style soapbox speakers in City parks.
Perhaps an even better 'analogy' than the math one - computer programming.
Between the taboo of ‘eating the dead’ and that of eating domestic animals, the 'analogy' between relatives and animals is clear.
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