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analogy

/əˈnæləd͡ʒi/noun4 syllables

Analogy means: 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.

Synonyms for analogy1

noun, as in 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

doctrine of analogy

What does analogy mean?3

noun

1

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

2

an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others

3

drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect“the operation of a computer presents an interesting analogy to the working of the brain”

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Analogy in a sentence

  • I see no analogy between your problem and mine.Dejo
  • Such an analogy is inappropriate in this case.Objectivesea
  • It’s like the lobster pot analogy, easy to get into, hard to get out of.sacredceltic
  • Mary tried to explain fractions to Tom by using a pie as an analogy.Hybrid

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of analogy

as a noun

plural
analogies