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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of dissection

Lee Chang-dong adopts a novella by Haruki Murakami into a riveting dissection of class and gender in modern Korea. —Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2025

Fugitive scientists used this tool—one typically associated with dissection and racial science—to instead unleash imaginative speculative possibilities for world making and reclaim human skin as an object of study. —The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 13 Mar. 2025

Unfamiliar species also show up all the time, prompting Ulmer and his colleagues to comb through the vast Smithsonian insect collection or rush to their labs to perform dissections on tiny specimens. —Suzy Khimm, NBC News, 7 Mar. 2025

Being able to observe dissections of gorillas, orangutans and other animals from zoos, for example, gave Matternes an excellent grounding as a comparative anatomist who is able to build out the look of a creature from the bones to the skin. —Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Mar. 2025