Related Words for analogy

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WordSyllablesCategories
simulation
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Noun, Noun
metaphor
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Noun
analogous
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Adjective
simile
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Noun
example
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Noun
argument
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Noun
reasoning
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Noun, Verb
comparison
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Noun
implication
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Noun
counterexample
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Noun
theory
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Noun
logic
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Noun
corollary
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Noun
allusion
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Noun
idea
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Noun
premise
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Noun
terminology
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Noun
concept
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Noun
allegory
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Noun
tautology
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Noun
rationale
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Noun
hypothetical
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Adjective
anecdote
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Noun
principle
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Noun
context
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Noun
truism
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Noun
summation
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Noun
observation
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Noun
explanation
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Noun
aphorism
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Noun
phrase
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Noun
likening
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Verb
generalization
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Noun
juxtaposition
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Noun
paraphrase
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Noun
inference
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Noun
parallels
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Noun
syllogism
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Noun
methodology
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Noun
fallacy
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Noun
axiom
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Noun
instance
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Noun
dichotomy
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Noun
illustration
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Noun
interpretation
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Noun
approach
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Noun
reference
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Noun
scenario
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Noun
extrapolation
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Noun
perspective
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Noun
axiomatic
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Adjective
paradox
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Noun
rationalization
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Noun
diagram
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Noun
similarity
xx/xx
Noun
conclusion
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Noun
notion
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Noun
proposition
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Noun
definition
xx/x
Noun
tautological
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Adjective
counterintuitive
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Adjective
hypothesis
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Noun
counterpoint
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Noun
paradigm
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Noun
correlation
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Noun
phraseology
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Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
case
/
Noun
oversimplification
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Noun
nutshell
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Noun
counterargument
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Noun
synecdoche
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Noun
approximation
xxx/x
Noun
objection
x/x
Noun
derivation
xx/x
Noun
contrast
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Noun
idiom
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Noun
technique
x/
Noun
digression
x/x
Noun
maxim
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Noun
strategy
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Noun
simplification
xxx/x
Noun
similar
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Adjective
cliche
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Noun
instructive
x/x
Adjective
description
x/x
Noun
oversimplified
xx/xx
Adjective
gist
/
Noun
reductio
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Noun
absurd
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Adjective
linkage
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Noun
synonymy
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Noun
synonym
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Noun
such
/
Adjective
accommodation
xxx/x
Noun
exemplum
x/x
Noun
parabola
x/xx
Noun
equivalence
x/xx
Noun
term
/
Noun
one and the same
//x/
Phrase, Noun
homologue
x/x
Noun
contradistinction
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Noun
apposition
xx/x
Noun
exemplar
x/x
Noun
exemplification
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Noun
hypostasis
xx/x
Noun
complementarity
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Noun
metonymy
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Noun
identical
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Adjective
cognate
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Noun
colloquy
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Noun
converse
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Noun
parallelism
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Noun
application
xx/x
Noun
proportionality
xxx/xx
Noun
farfetched
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Adjective
organismic
xx/x
Adjective
dramaturgical
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Adjective
homology
x/xx
Noun
similitude
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Noun
apposite
xx
Adjective
fantasy
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Adjective
supposed
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Adjective
ethnographic
xx/x
Adjective
attribution
xx/x
Noun
homely
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Adjective
thomistic
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Adjective
mistaken
x/x
Adjective
closest
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Adjective
natural
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Noun
misleading
x/x
Adjective, Verb
inexact
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Adjective
fanciful
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Adjective
fallacious
x/x
Adjective
polarity
x/xx
Noun
illuminating
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Adjective
optics
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Noun
suggestive
x/x
Adjective
breaks
/
Verb
cybernetic
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Adjective
trinitarian
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Adjective
figurative
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Adjective
flawed
/
Verb
abductive
x/x
Adjective
abstract
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Adjective, Name, Verb
accordance
x/x
Noun
analog
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Adjective, Noun
analogue
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Noun, Adjective
antithesis
x/xx
Noun
behaviorist
x/xx
Noun
bioethical
xx/xx
Adjective
characterisation
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Noun
choice
/
Noun, Adjective
connection
x/x
Noun
consonance
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Noun
constraint
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Noun
continuity
xx/xx
Noun
darwinian
x/xx
Adjective, Noun
deductive
x/x
Adjective
hegelian
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Adjective, Name
induction
x/x
Noun
interrelation
xxx/x
Noun
jurisprudential
xxx/x
Adjective
likenesses
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Noun
literally
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Adverb
meaning
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Noun, Adjective
measurement
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Noun
measuring
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Noun
mechanistic
xx/x
Adjective
metering
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Noun
piagetian
xx/xx
Name, Adjective
resemblance
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Noun
solving
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Noun
collocation
xx/x
Noun
expression
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Noun
chunk
/
Noun, Verb
cluster
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Noun, Verb
sorta
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Adverb
vernacular
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Noun, Adjective
standard
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Adjective, Noun
no
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Noun, Adverb, Adjective
dialect
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Noun
milestone
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Noun, Verb
tell
/
Verb, Noun
anymore
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Adverb
bulletproof
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Adjective, Verb
headlines
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Noun