standard of comparison

Noun

Meaning

standard of comparison (plural standards of comparison)

(linguistics) That which something is compared to in a comparative construction.

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Examples

But it cannot be its own or its own standard of comparison. Karl Marx

Money appears as measure (in Homer, e.g. oxen) earlier than as medium of exchange,because in barter each commodity is still its own medium of exchange. But it cannot be its own or its own standard of comparison. Karl Marx

Close letter words and terms

standard normal variable standard number standard of care standard of conduct standard of identity standard of living