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false analogy en · NOUN

Meanings

1. An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.
   • Your argument reposes on false analogies.

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Translations (10)

fa قیاس معالفارق (informal fallacy) · ro analogie falsă (informal fallacy) · ro analogie greșită (informal fallacy) · fr fausse analogie (informal fallacy) · ko 거짓 유추 (informal fallacy) · tr yanlış analoji (informal fallacy) · el ψευδής αναλογία (informal fallacy) · ar قِيَاس مَعَ الْفَارِق (informal fallacy) · cs klamná analogie (informal fallacy) · fi virheellinen analogia (informal fallacy)