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dissection

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Synonyms and Antonyms of dissection

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole

the book's dissection of the causes of the Great Depression

Synonyms of dissection

analysis, anatomizing, anatomy, assay, breakdown, deconstruction

Words Related to dissection

assessment, diagnosis, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, muster, scrutiny

arrangement, assortment, cataloging (or cataloguing), categorization, classification, codification, indexing

enumeration, inventory, itemization, tabulation

division, reduction, segmentation, separation, subdivision

Near Antonyms of dissection

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

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