English

Etymology
From L. analogia, from Gr. analogia.

Noun
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1. The use of a similar example or model to explain or extrapolate from.

#:The birthing class instructor used a balloon and a ping-pong ball as an analogy for the baby in the womb.
#:Many use the Gospels' analogy of a mustard seed growing into a huge plant to explain faith.

Synonyms
parable

Translations
trans-top|similar example as explanation
Croatian: t-|hr|analogija|f
Czech: t-|cs|analogie|f
Bulgarian: t+|bg|аналоги�|f|scCyrl, t+|bg|подобие|n|scCyrl
Dutch: t-|nl|analogie|f
Estonian: analoogia
French: t+|fr|analogie|f
German: t+|de|Analogie|f
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Greek: t+|el|αναλογία|f|sc=Grek
Japanese: �� (����, ruisui), ����� (anarojii)
Portuguese: t+|pt|analogia|f
Russian: t+|ru|аналоги�|f|tranalógija|scCyrl
Spanish: t-|es|analogia|f
Swedish: t-|sv|analogi|c
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See also
metaphor
simile
example

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