disanalogy

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ analogy.

Noun

disanalogy (countable and uncountable, plural disanalogies)

  1. A lack or failure of analogy.
    • 2008 December 6, Sanford C. Goldberg, “Reliabilism in philosophy”, in Philosophical Studies, volume 142, number 1, →DOI:
      In addition, there would appear to be an important disanalogy between the case of mathematics and the case of philosophy.
    1. A false analogy.