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analogist

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a⋅nal⋅o⋅gist

[uh-nal-uh-jist]
–noun
1. a person who employs or argues from analogy.
2. a person who seeks analogies.

Origin:
1830–40; analog(ize) + -ist


a⋅nal⋅o⋅gis⋅tic, adjective
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a·nal·o·gist   (ə-nāl'ə-jĭst)   
n.  One who looks for or reasons from analogies: "Learning more from books than from life, he was an analogist" (Times Literary Supplement).
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