# megalocomparison

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Long-range comparison; especially, far-fetched long-range comparison that cannot sufficiently demonstrate any genetic relationship.

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

## Source
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