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analogon

analogon noun: an analogue.

Noun

analogon (plural analoga or analogons)

  1. An analogue.
    • The rectilineal as opposed to curvature is an analogon of worthiness as opposed to happiness; as opposed to obliquity, it is an analogon of equity as opposed to partiality.1853, Laurens Perseus Hickok, A System of Moral Science, page 58
  2. According to Sartre, an equivalent of perception (such as a painting or a mental image) that is necessary for the process of imagination to take place.

Forms of analogon

pluralanaloga
pluralanalogons

Origin of analogon

From the neuter of Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos).

Questions about analogon

What does analogon mean?
Analogon means an analogue.
What part of speech is analogon?
Analogon is a noun.
What is the plural of analogon?
The plural of analogon is analoga.

Words near analogon in the dictionary

  1. analogizers
  2. analogizes
  3. analogizing
  4. analogizings
  5. analogly
  6. analogon
  7. analogons
  8. analogous
  9. analogous pole
  10. analogous poles
  11. analogously

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