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false analogies

false analogies is the plural of false analogy.

Meaning of false analogy

Noun

false analogy (plural false analogies)

  1. An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.
    • Your argument reposes on false analogies.

Questions about false analogies

What is false analogies the plural of?
False analogies is the plural of false analogy.

Words near false analogies in the dictionary

  1. false advertising
  2. false alarm
  3. false alarms
  4. false albacore
  5. false alder
  6. false analogies
  7. false analogy
  8. false antechinus
  9. false antechinuses
  10. false arrest
  11. false arrests

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