analogies

Meanings

Noun

• an inference that if things agree in some respects they probably agree in others
• drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity in some respect
• the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate
• plural of analogy

Synonyms

analogy, doctrine of analogy

Antonyms

apophatism, cataphatism