Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun dissection

3 senses of dissection

Sense 1
dissection -- (cutting so as to separate into pieces)
       => cut, cutting -- (the act of cutting something into parts; "his cuts were skillful"; "his cutting of the cake made a terrible mess")

Sense 2
dissection -- (a minute and critical analysis)
       => analysis, analytic thinking -- (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)

Sense 3
dissection -- (detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work))
       => analysis -- (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)