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ANALOGICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does analogical mean?
• ANALOGICAL (adjective)
The adjective ANALOGICAL has 1 sense:
1. expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy
Familiarity information: ANALOGICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressing, composed of, or based on an analogy
Context example:
the analogical use of a metaphor
Similar:
figurative; nonliteral ((used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech)
Derivation:
analogy (drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect)
analogy (an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others)
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