analogy
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1. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect (noun.act)
2. an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | illation, inference, |
| definition | : | the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation (noun.cognition) |
3. 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 (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | faith, religion, religious belief, |
| definition | : | a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny (noun.cognition) |
4. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect (noun.act)
| derivation | : | analogist, |
| definition | : | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | analogical, |
| definition | : | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | analogous, correspondent, |
| definition | : | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (adj.all) |
5. an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | analogist, |
| definition | : | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | analogical, |
| definition | : | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | analogous, correspondent, |
| definition | : | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (adj.all) |
6. 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 (noun.cognition)
| antonym | : | apophatism, |
| definition | : | the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) (noun.cognition) |
| antonym | : | cataphatism, |
| definition | : | the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') (noun.cognition) |
7. drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect (noun.act)
| derivation | : | analogist, |
| definition | : | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | analogical, |
| definition | : | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | analogous, correspondent, |
| definition | : | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (adj.all) |
8. an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | analogist, |
| definition | : | someone who looks for analogies or who reasons by analogy (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | analogical, |
| definition | : | expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | analogous, correspondent, |
| definition | : | similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar (adj.all) |
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 (noun.cognition)
| antonym | : | apophatism, |
| definition | : | the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) (noun.cognition) |
| antonym | : | cataphatism, |
| definition | : | the religious belief that God has given enough clues to be known to humans positively and affirmatively (e.g., God created Adam `in his own image') (noun.cognition) |
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