All 3 Uses of
analogy
in
Far from the Madding Crowd
- To find themselves utterly alone at night where company is desirable and expected makes some people fearful; but a case more trying by far to the nerves is to discover some mysterious companionship when intuition, sensation, memory, analogy, testimony, probability, induction—every kind of evidence in the logician's list—have united to persuade consciousness that it is quite in isolation.†
Chpt 1-3
- In speaking of farms the word "acres" is omitted by the natives, by analogy to such old expressions as "a stag of ten.†
Chpt 1-3
- A process somewhat analogous to that of alleged formations of the universe, time and times ago, was observable.†
Chpt 25-27 *
Definition:
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(analogy) a comparison of different things to point to a shared characteristiceditor's notes: Analogies are typically used to explain something unfamiliar by comparing it to something that is simpler or more familiar. They are also used in argument to suggest that what is true for one situation is also true in the other.