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noun
Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, historical, often, uncommon, uncountable
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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Antonyms: none provided
History
From megalo- + comparison, coined by Matisoff (1990) in a critique of Joseph Greenberg's "mass comparison" (see quotation below).
