megalocomparison

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship. derogatory,historical,often,uncommon,uncountable
    — Megalocomparison takes on any more remote relationship, where sound-correspondences are not regular and putative cognates are few, so that chance rivals genetic relationship as the explanation for perceived similarities.

词源

From megalo- + comparison, coined by Matisoff (1990) in a critique of Joseph Greenberg's "mass comparison" (see quotation below).
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