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Meaning of analogy

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  analogy
      n 1: an inference that if things agree in some respects they
           probably agree in others
      2: drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some
         respect; "the operation of a computer presents and
         interesting analogy to the working of the brain"; "the models
         show by analogy how matter is built up"
      3: the religious belief that between creature and creator no
         similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity
         is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will
         always be inadequate [syn: {doctrine of analogy}, {analogy}]
         [ant: {apophatism}, {cataphatism}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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