[əˈnalədʒi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a comparison between one thing and another, typically for the purpose of explanation or clarification
(e.g: an analogy between the workings of nature and those of human societies)


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Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘appropriateness, correspondence’): from French analogie, Latin analogia ‘proportion’, from Greek, from analogos ‘proportionate’