Definition
A person who uses or advocates for analogical reasoning; someone who explains ideas by drawing analogies.
Etymology
From 'analog' (similar thing) + '-ist' (one who practices or believes). The suffix '-ist' became productive in English during the 17th-18th centuries for describing practitioners of various intellectual methods.
Kelly Says
Ancient Greek philosophers were master analogists—Plato used the Cave Allegory to explain how we perceive reality, using shadows on a cave wall as an analogy for human understanding. But Aristotle warned that reasoning too heavily by analogy can trap you in bad conclusions if the analogy breaks down.
Translations
ARالعربية
مُقارِب
mu-qa-riib
CACatalà
analog
an-ah-loh
CSČeština
analogista
an-ah-loh-gis-tah
DEDeutsch
Analogist
ah-nah-loh-gist
ELΕλληνικά
αναλόγος
an-ah-loh-gos
ESEspañol
analógico
ahn-ah-loh-gee-koh
FAفارسی
مقایسه
mo-qa-ye-seh
FISuomi
analogisti
an-ah-loh-gis-tee
FRFrançais
analogiste
ahn-ah-lo-geest
HEעברית
מִדוּלָן
mi-doo-lan
HIहिन्दी
रूपरेखाकार
roop-re-kha-kaar
HUMagyar
analógus
an-ah-loh-goos
IDBahasa Indonesia
analogis
ahn-ah-loh-gis
ITItaliano
analogista
ahn-ah-loh-gee-sta
JA日本語
アナロギスト
ana-ro-gisuto
KMKM
អនុគមន៍
an-uk-gom-non
MSBahasa Melayu
analog
an-ah-loh
NLNederlands
analogist
an-ah-loh-gist
PLPolski
analogista
an-ah-loh-gis-tah
PTPortuguês
analógico
ahn-ah-loh-gee-koh
RORomână
analogist
an-ah-loh-gist
RUРусский
аналогог
an-ah-loh-gog
SVSvenska
analog
an-ah-loh
SWKiswahili
analog
an-ah-loh
TAதமிழ்
ஒப்பமைப்பு
opp-mai-ppu
TEతెలుగు
ఉదాహరణ
oo-dah-ha-ra-na
THไทย
ผู้เปรียบเทียบ
poo-per-bee-aap-teep
TLTL
analogo
an-ah-loh-goh
TRTürkçe
analogist
an-ah-loh-gist
UKУкраїнська
аналог
an-ah-loh
VITiếng Việt
nhà so sánh
nhah so sanh
ZUZU
umlingani
oom-ling-ah-nee