false analogies

A form of false analogy — 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.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of false analogy
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