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disanalogy

disanalogy noun: a lack or failure of analogy.

Noun

disanalogy (countable and uncountable, plural disanalogies)

  1. A lack or failure of analogy.
    • In addition, there would appear to be an important disanalogy between the case of mathematics and the case of philosophy.2008 December 6, Sanford C. Goldberg, “Reliabilism in philosophy”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, →DOI
    1. A false analogy.

Forms of disanalogy

pluraldisanalogies

Origin of disanalogy

From dis- + analogy.

Questions about disanalogy

What does disanalogy mean?
Disanalogy means a lack or failure of analogy.
What part of speech is disanalogy?
Disanalogy is a noun.
What is the plural of disanalogy?
The plural of disanalogy is disanalogies.

Words near disanalogy in the dictionary

  1. disamenity
  2. Disamis
  3. disanalogies
  4. disanalogous
  5. disanalogously
  6. disanalogy
  7. disanchor
  8. disanchored
  9. disanchoring
  10. disanchors
  11. disangelical

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