English Explanatory Dictionary

equiparation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
  2. Comparison.

Word forms

equiparation equiparations

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.

Related words

equiparable equiparate
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