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Meaning of false analogy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An informal fallacy applying to inductive arguments, in which the similarity in one respect of two concepts, objects, or events is taken as sufficient to establish that they are similar in another respect in which they actually are dissimilar.

Equivalents

العربية قِيَاس مَعَ الْفَارِق
Čeština klamná analogie
Français fausse analogie
한국어 거짓 유추
Română analogie falsă

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

false antechinus false arrest false attack false balance false banana False Bay

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