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analogy

inference or argument from one particular to another particular
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Summary

analogy is a type of reasoning[1]. analogy draws 3,250 Wikipedia views per month (type of reasoning category, ranking #3 of 13).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: cognitive process[3], heuristic argument[4]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Analogy[5]
  • Described by source: Otto's encyclopedia[6], Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[7], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[8], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[10]
  • Different from: Q9150481[11]
  • Uses: similarity[12]
  • Maintained by WikiProject: WikiProject Mathematics[13]

Why It Matters

analogy has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] analogy is known by 45 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → analogy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: analogy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289913531|analogy (#289913531)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix'n'm"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0247826-analogie-filozofie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0247826-analogie-filozofie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259493|batch #259493]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Different from → Q9150481
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → cognitive process, heuristic argument
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|4 */ Yso id: 17856, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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