as in equivalency
the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality
moviegoers who mistakenly believe that there is an equivalence between the personality of an actor and that of his character
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The Madness can traffic in false equivalences—a common pitfall of political fiction that values moderation as an end in itself.
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Judy Berman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
There cannot be this false moral equivalence in our discourse.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The same illogic leads the progressive Left to equate Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorists with the October 7 atrocities, and to draw false equivalences between Daniel Penny’s intervention on a subway and Mangione’s premeditated execution.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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Judy Berman, TIME, 28 Nov. 2024
There cannot be this false moral equivalence in our discourse.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
The same illogic leads the progressive Left to equate Israel’s defense against Hamas terrorists with the October 7 atrocities, and to draw false equivalences between Daniel Penny’s intervention on a subway and Mangione’s premeditated execution.
—Matthew Continetti, National Review, 14 Dec. 2024
Advertisement Science and quackery cannot be treated as having scientific and moral equivalence.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Equivalence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/equivalence. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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