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noun
The transfer or imputation of attributes from one object or concept to another; the drawing of an equivalence between them.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, historical, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, law, philosophy, sciences
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noun
Comparison.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, countable, rare, uncountable
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History
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin aequiparātiō, from aequiparō (“put on a level with, compare”) + -tiō (noun suffix), from aequus (“equal”) + parō (“place”). Equivalent to equiparate + -ion.
