Analogical means making a comparison between things that are similar in some way, in order to understand or explain something else. It involves finding similarities and making connections between different things or ideas. Full definition
The alternative set of conclusions has the advantage of being in less tension with the Bible and also of not requiring the confusing doctrine of analogical discourse as a third way between the univocal and the equivocal. (religion-online.org)
By analogical reasoning from the independence and freedoms guaranteed to the media, the spirit of the Constitution obligates them when they have published a rejoinder to a previous and similar false allegation, to at least call the readers» attention to the previous rebuttal of the current falsehood being peddled against the accused. (citifmonline.com)
I have proposed that the idea of models provides a new form of analogical thinking which is not dependent on the metaphysical assumptions of the scholastic doctrine of analogy. (religion-online.org)