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law of similarity

law of similarity In historical psychology, the law of similarity is one of the main laws of association: a mental impression or idea tends to call up other ideas that resemble it.

In historical psychology, the law of similarity is one of the main laws of association: a mental impression or idea tends to call up other ideas that resemble it. It describes association based on likeness rather than on having occurred together.

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Drafting source: Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine. 1892 original US edition; OCR SHA-256 7ec833f3f4ff2826cb5eba1722a767adae625ac9f49f83035a464dc975564f96. “Tuke, A Dictionary of Psychological Medicine” (dictionaryofpsyc01tuke:chars-567000-579000).
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