Word: Analogism
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in Walter Charleton (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher. From post-classical Latin analogismus and its etymon ancient Greek ἀναλογισμός proportionate calculation (from ἀναλογίζεσθαι to reckon up, sum up, to calculate, to consider from ἀνάλογος + -ίζεσθαι) + -ισμός
Definition:
The action or practice of reasoning by analogy; an instance of this. Compare "analogy".
Definition:
Mathematical proportion; a proportional.
Definition:
Diagnosis or treatment of one disease by analogy with another.
