dissection
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
cutting so as to separate into pieces
Types & categories
- cutting hypernym
Related & opposite
- dissect derivation
Sense 2 noun
a minute and critical analysis
Types & categories
- analytic thinking hypernym
Related & opposite
- break down derivation
Sense 3 noun
detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)
Types & categories
- analysis hypernym
Related & opposite
- break down derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissect |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | cutting |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | break down |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | analytic thinking |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | break down |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | analysis |