analogousness

noun

Definition of analogousnessnext
as in affinity

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  1. affinity
  2. equivalence
  3. equation
  4. equivalency
  5. similarity
  6. parity
  7. semblance
  8. resemblance
Noun
  • Undoubtedly the hard work is paying off, as wines of depth, structure, and age-worthiness clearly show off Gamay’s affinity to this area.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Leading up to the election, Zuckerberg had been gradually showing a closer affinity with Trump.
    Elisabeth Buchwald, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of affinity
Noun
  • The same illogic leads the progressive Left to equate Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorists with the October 7 atrocities, and to draw false equivalences between Daniel Penny’s intervention on a subway and Mangione’s premeditated execution.
    Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
  • Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
Definition of equivalence
Noun
  • Jenny wins for the women, despite an asthma moment, and successfully removes herself from the target equation, securing her spot in the Final.
    Emma Sharpe, Vulture, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Or people who are in the thoughtful side of the equation.
    Mike Ryan, IndieWire, 18 Dec. 2024
Definition of equation
Noun
  • Kiana studied for high-school equivalency tests and worked as a clerk at an AutoZone.
    John Branch, New York Times, 24 Nov. 2024
  • Several states already treat completion of the DP as equivalent to a high school diploma, but Oregon became the first to extend the same equivalency to the career program.
    Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
Definition of equivalency
Noun
  • The similarities among these places are real, because Russia, Iran, Venezuela, North Korea, and, until now, Syria all belong to an informal network of autocracies.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
  • Law, whose slow-burn performance is unlike any prior role from his four decades on stage and screen, says the similarities between Husk and Mathews as two opposites of the same coin are at the core of The Order’s dramatic tension.
    Ali Winston, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of similarity
Noun
  • Yet for as mid as the Big 12 has looked, top to bottom, where parity rules and shutdown corners are rare, the Mountain West is a train wreck.
    Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 29 Nov. 2024
  • When women remain so vastly underrepresented – holding just 28% of all congressional seats, stasis elections like this one postpone the progress necessary to achieve gender parity in political officeholding.
    Kelly Dittmar, Forbes, 24 Nov. 2024
Definition of parity
Noun
  • Months later, Allen acknowledged the two were dating, but asked The Associated Press not to mention Steinfeld by name in a bid to maintain a semblance of privacy.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Nov. 2024
  • The Paragon was one of few splits reliable enough to navigate through the garbage with a semblance of grace, all while encouraging riders to throw little spins, ride switch, and pop off rock-hard pillows without too much concern for landing stability.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of semblance
Noun
  • Three days later, a handful of fans gathered in Elysian Park for a Banda lookalike contest, with seven contestants showing off their resemblance to the bespectacled and heavily tatted Dodgers reliever, who emerged as something of a cult hero this season.
    Mike DiGiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The two bear a passing resemblance to each other as men with white complexions, beards, and brown hair.
    Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of resemblance
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