analogize

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verb anal·o·gize \ -ˌjīz \

Definition of analogize

analogized; analogizing

intransitive verb

:to use or exhibit analogy

transitive verb

:to compare by analogy

Examples of analogize in a Sentence

analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body

Recent Examples of analogize from the Web

After matter-of-factly trashing Lord Varys, analogizing him to a friend who can't stop talking behind others' backs, Varys actually walks into the room and happily munches on popcorn for the rest of the episode, much to Jones' delight.

— jay willis, GQ, "Leslie Jones Remains the Planet's Most Entertaining Game of Thrones Superfan," 10 Aug. 2017
And then, in what can only be analogized to a royal proclamation, Trump tweeted out a sudden change in military policy.

— andrew sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, "A Week of Reckoning," 28 July 2017
In Aspen, Reich analogized this to academic tenure—granting freedom to work on unpopular subjects or long-term projects without the demand for immediate results.

— yoni appelbaum, The Atlantic, "Is Big Philanthropy Compatible With Democracy?," 28 June 2017
That was B.S. Journalist-historian Jon Meacham analogized to President Nixon and the early cover-up of Watergate and was pressed by Brzezinski to compare Trump to authoritarian leaders elsewhere.

— The Hive, "Newsroom “Shocked” After Reporter Is Fired over Alleged Arms Deal," 22 June 2017
But pundits in awe of Silicon Valley’s prowess analogize today’s green energy companies to the disruption of landline phone businesses after the advent of cell phones or the disruption of taxis by Uber.

— mark mills, Fortune, "The Real Reason Trump Left the Paris Agreement," 5 June 2017
Suvin argued that SF writers create new worlds in one of two ways: (1) by extrapolating the natural world, or (2) by analogizing with the natural world.

— bruce sterling, WIRED, "World-Building in a Hot Climate," 19 May 2010

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