analogical

American  

[an-l-oj-i-kuhl] / ˌæn lˈɒdʒ ɪ kəl /

Also analogic

adjective

1. based on, involving, or expressing an analogy.

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Other Word Forms

• analogically adverb
• analogicalness noun
• nonanalogic adjective
• nonanalogical adjective
• nonanalogically adverb
• nonanalogicalness noun
• unanalogical adjective
• unanalogically adverb

Etymology

Origin of analogical

First recorded in 1560–70; from Latin analogic(us) (from Greek analogikós; analogy, -ic ) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

“Until the Supreme Court expands their analogical focus beyond 1791, this Court as an inferior court must follow the Supreme Court founding era mandate,” he wrote.

From Seattle Times

The role of frontal poles is emphasized in the case of analogical reasoning, the lateral inferior frontal gyrus in metaphor processing, and anterior aspects of the superior temporal gyrus in insight.

From Scientific American

In fact, nobody in this cold, hard-core, genre-blurring novel can be understood except in analogical terms; even a murderer finds himself bewildered to be “someone who DID things. Someone like the people in detective novels.”

From New York Times

By contrast “Managers who pay attention to their own analogical thinking will make better strategic decisions and fewer mistakes.”

From Time

Not on some analogical version of vicarious liability but because he personally ordered the liquidation of an enemy who was bent on exposing him and his cronies.

From The Guardian