English Explanatory Dictionary

analogism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An argument from cause to effect; an a priori argument.
  2. The investigation of things by the analogy they bear to each other.
  3. The belief that grammar is not arbitrary, but follows rules and patterns.
  4. The belief that the world consists of separate entities that follow certain rules or universal forces.

Word forms

analogism analogisms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλογία (analogía) (from ἀνά (aná) + λόγος (lógos, “speech, reckoning”)) + -ism.

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