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law of similarity

law of similarity

1. a principle of association stating that like produces like: Encountering or thinking about something (e.g., one’s birthday month) tends to bring to mind other similar things (e.g., other people one knows with the same birthday month). The law of similarity is fundamental to associationism.

2. see similarity.

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