单词 | analogism |
释义 | analogism/əˈnalədʒiz(ə)m/noun 1The action or practice of reasoning by analogy; an instance of this. Compare analogy. Now rare. 2 Mathematics. Mathematical proportion; a proportional. Now historical and rare. 3 Medicine. Diagnosis or treatment of one disease by analogy with another. Now historical. OriginMid 17th century; earliest use found in Walter Charleton (1620–1707), physician and natural philosopher. From post-classical Latin analogismus and its etymon ancient Greek ἀναλογισμός proportionate calculation + -ισμός. |
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