analogical
adjective
Examples of analogical in a Sentence
Discover Magazine, 20 Nov. 2019
It was intended to paint the EU’s role in this diplomatic dispute as that of the anti-colonial insurgent, a role that chimes well with the limited, analogical way that American liberals have of understanding Ireland.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 18 June 2021
Leveraging the power of analogical and computational thinking.
—Heide Abelli, Forbes, 6 May 2021
In short, the key to prepare for the future is analogical reasoning.
—Christian Stadler, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2021
Teddy Roosevelt’s crusade against the robber barons has a lot of analogical appeal for people who agree with Miller about the coercive nature of private corporations.
—Cameron Hilditch, National Review, 28 Feb. 2021
So George Dyson argues in this brilliant, idiosyncratic meta-meditation on analogical analogs throughout history.
—Wired Staff, Wired, 16 Dec. 2020
Similar habits of analogical inference guide scientists in their speculations about features of the cosmos.
—Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
The signatories of the open letter to the USHMM were entirely right to say that analogical reasoning is indispensable to the human sciences.
—Peter E. Gordon, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
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Word History
Latin analogicus "of grammatical analogy" (borrowed from Greek analogikós "based on mathematical ratios, of analogy in grammar," from analogía "proportion, analogy" + -ikos -ic entry 1) + -al entry 1
1609, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Dictionary Entries Near analogical
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“Analogical.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analogical. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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