analogon

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See also: Analogon, and analōgõn

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos).

Noun

analogon (plural analoga or analogons)

  1. An analogue.
    • 1853, Laurens Perseus Hickok, A System of Moral Science, page 58:
      The rectilineal as opposed to curvature is an analogon of worthiness as opposed to happiness; as opposed to obliquity, it is an analogon of equity as opposed to partiality.
  2. (philosophy) According to Sartre, an equivalent of perception (such as a painting or a mental image) that is necessary for the process of imagination to take place.

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Noun

analogon m (plural analogons)

  1. (psychology) the other
  2. analogue

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογον (análogon).[1] First attested in 1838.[2]

Pronunciation

Noun

analogon m inan

  1. (literary) analogon (analog)
    Synonyms: analog, odpowiednik

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References

  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “analogon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Eduard Gans (1838) Scholie do Gaja (in Polish), page 105

Further reading

  • analogon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • analogon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego