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analogist

noun

Etymology

From analogy + -ist.

  1. derived from ἀναλογίᾱ
  2. borrowed from analogia
  3. suffixed as analogist — “analogy + ist”

Definitions

  1. Someone who makes an analogy, or represents something using an analogy.

    • those analogists that determine from the Commands about the Mosaical Rites and usages what must be done or may not be done about the meer positive worship and Church-order of the New Testament

  2. An adherent of analogism.

  3. Pertaining to analogism, as opposed to anomalism.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Pertaining to analogism.

      • This is what characterises his 'analogist' mode, and indeed, he takes China as a paradigmatic example of an analogist society,
      • The analogist disposition treats difference not just as a demagogic commitment to "democratic diversity," but as a true metaphysical condition of things that needs to be a relevant factor for any epistemically virtuous philosophy.

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