DISSECTIONS Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

dissections

noun

plural of dissection

as in analyses

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole the book's dissection of the problem of obesity in this country

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Recent Examples of dissections After a casino owner turned TV star first became President of the United States, media networks further beefed up their political coverage by treating it like entertainment, amplifying juicy play-by-plays over granular dissections of policy. —

Paula Mejía, New Yorker, 15 Apr. 2026 My father founded private hospitals south of Johannesburg, and my mother lectured anatomy, presiding over dissections and preparing meat dishes at home with the same attentive care — removing sinew and fat with a dedicated set of kitchen scalpels. —

Jan Steyn, The Dial, 10 Mar. 2026 The book’s clear-eyed dissections of the atmosphere of overwork, anxiety, and panic allow Coulter to question at what point ambition tips over into masochism. —

Rhian Sasseen, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2026 Within days, it was hurled into the internet's true crime universe, Andrea May Sahouri reports, with influencers far and wide sharing posts, live streams and even dissections of timelines and evidence, bringing national attention to Park and a reeling rural Michigan community. —

Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 19 Dec. 2025 Based on dissections of a few catfish and the timing of the sighting, researchers concluded the bumblebee catfish were likely migrating upriver to spawn and were not eating during the migration. —

Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 11 Aug. 2025

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One of the study's authors, Daniel Byman, acknowledged in an interview with NPR last year that other analyses might use different, and legitimate, coding criteria to arrive at other conclusions.

— Odette Yousef, NPR, 12 May 2026
Early analyses have begun to link genes to traits such as drought tolerance and temperature adaptation, but researchers say more rigorous work is needed to confirm those links before they can be used to guide restoration.

— Annika Hammerschlag, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026