a·nal·o·gy
[uh-nal-uh-jee]
~ noun, plural a·nal·o·gies.
DEFINITION: 1)A similarity between like features of two things, on which a comparison may be based. 2)Similarity or comparability. 3)Biology. An analogous relationship. 4)Linguistics. A.The process by which words or phrases are created or re-formed according to existing patterns in the language, as when shoon was re-formed as shoes, when -ize is added to nouns like winter to form verbs, or when a child says foots for feet. B.A form resulting from such a process. 5)Logic. A form of reasoning in which one thing is inferred to be similar to another thing in a certain respect, on the basis of the known similarity between the things in other respects.
SENTENCE: Most people try to draw strong analogies between poverty and crime, but I think its deeper than that.
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