Many historians are prone to search history for situational analogies to the present.

What is the best definition for the word analogies in this sentence?
A.
Correspondence between the members of linguistic form sets
B.
Correspondence in function between anatomical parts
C.
Idea that if two things agree in some respects, they will agree in others
D.
Resemblance in some particulars between things that are generally dissimilar

C. Idea that if two things agree in some respects, they will agree in others