Synonyms of dissection

dissection

noun

dī-ˈsek-shən 

as in analysis

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country

Synonyms & Similar Words

• analysis
• examination
• investigation
• inspection
• assessment
• anatomy
• evaluation
• deconstruction
• breakdown
• anatomizing
• assay
• diagnosis
• classification
• scrutiny
• cataloging
• inventory
• categorization
• cataloguing
• codification
• indexing
• tabulation
• enumeration
• assortment
• arrangement
• segmentation
• reduction
• subdivision
• muster
• itemization
• separation
• division

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• synthesis
• integration
• consolidation
• aggregation
• unification
• amalgamation
• assimilation
• coalescence
• agglomeration
• conglomeration

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of dissection

This sequence, the show’s comic high point, represents at once a deft piece of stagecraft that, in the cacophony of angry comments projected behind the heads of Don and company, becomes a clever comic dissection of the public square in the age of Zoom. —Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Dec. 2024

Before now, it had only been spotted by humans six times—never alive and never in the correct conditions for dissection. —Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024

Through public records requests, NBC News obtained thousands of pages of government records and data documenting the acquisition, dissection and distribution of unclaimed bodies by the center over a five-year period. —Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024

The last part can get lost in the stories of crab walks as punishment, and late nights in granular film dissection, and circulation-stifling wrist tape to help the Badgers deliver more powerful punches to their defensive adversaries. —Joe Rexrode, The Athletic, 26 Aug. 2024