Synonyms of anatomize

anatomize

verb

ə-ˈna-tə-ˌmīz 

as in to analyze

to identify and examine the basic elements or parts of (something) especially for discovering interrelationships

if you anatomize the problem, you'll see it stems from a combination of her bad behavior and your unwillingness to speak to her about it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• analyze
• dissect
• examine
• assess
• investigate
• diagnose
• evaluate
• cut
• deconstruct
• divide
• inspect
• scrutinize
• assay
• break down
• classify
• categorize
• tabulate
• codify
• enumerate
• index
• sort
• schematize
• catalog
• reduce
• subdivide
• order
• arrange
• segment
• separate
• assort
• diagram

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrate
• consolidate
• synthesize
• aggregate
• assimilate
• unify
• coalesce
• conglomerate
• amalgamate
• agglomerate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of anatomize

The film joins countless other creative efforts to understand and anatomize the movie star born Norma Jeane Mortensen, including biopics, TV series, biographies, photo books, essays, and even plays. — Nathan Smith, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2022

And some of it was a compulsive need to re-define and re-anatomize what Carmichael and Hamilton had already defined and anatomized so well. — Samanth Subramanian, Quartz, 1 Apr. 2021

Kundera, meanwhile, made his career on novels that anatomized kitsch and subsequently became kitsch, thanks to a generation of earnest high schoolers. — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 9 Oct. 2019

This is just one of many intergenerational failings that Kafka anatomizes. — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2018