analogize

verb

anal·o·gize ə-ˈna-lə-ˌjīz

analogized; analogizing

Synonyms of analogize next

intransitive verb

: to use or exhibit analogy

transitive verb

: to compare by analogy

Examples of analogize in a Sentence

analogized the White House scandal to a cancer that was spreading to every internal organ of the body

Recent Examples on the Web This exceptional decision would have the effect of robbing states of jurisdiction not only over climate cases, but also over a range of other tort and products liability cases that future defendants would analogize to these suits. —

David A. Dana, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2024 The weak case for seeing Israel’s war with Hamas as analogous to America’s struggle against the Axis Stephens is far from alone in analogizing Israel’s war in Gaza to the Allied cause. —

Eric Levitz, Vox, 3 June 2024 Judge Smith analogized what the FBI did to the abusive searches British authorities conducted in the run-up to the Revolutionary War. —

Andrew Wimer, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023 Not so long ago, that analogizing was the work of shamans, imams, and ministers. —

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