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Plural of analogy

regular plural

The plural of analogy is analogies.

Forms of analogy

Singularanalogy /əˈnæləd͡ʒi/
Pluralanalogies
Countablecountable and uncountable

Analogies in a sentence

  • Your argument reposes on false analogies.From the entry false analogy
  • Futurist poetry is a spontaneous uninterrupted flow of analogies, each synthesized in an essential noun”.2016, Eduardo Ledesma, Radical Poetry: Aesthetics, Politics, Technology, and the Ibero-American Avant-Gardes, 1900-2015, SUNY Press…. From the entry futurist
  • Thomas writes of matrescence as spiritual formation drawing analogies with the Judaeo-Christian tradition.2013, Denis Walsh, Soo Downe, Intrapartum Care, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 2003. From the entry matrescence
  • As a result, analogies between royal, paternal, and husbandly authority were frequently drawn.2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 211. From the entry husbandly
  • Bluestem would hope that with his track record of awful analogies, he might be a little less fingerpointy.2022 August 25, Sally Jo Sorensen, “Triple down bad analogy news digest: Jensen stands by his metaphor”, in Bluestem Prairie: News from…. From the entry fingerpointy

Meaning of analogy

  1. noun A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
  2. noun The proportion or the equality of ratios.
  3. noun The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.

Full definition of analogy

Questions about the plural of analogy

What is the plural of analogy?
The plural of analogy is analogies.
Is analogy countable?
Analogy is a countable and uncountable noun.

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