dissection

[dih-sek-shuhn, dahy-]

noun

1. the act of dissecting.

2. something that has been dissected. dissect.

3. a detailed, part-by-part analysis.

Other Word Forms

• redissection noun
• self-dissection noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissection¹

1575–85; < Latin dissectiōn- (stem of dissectiō ), equivalent to dissect- ( dissect ) + -iōn- -ion

Example Sentences

The dynamic relationship of critique and metacritique, rational dissection and passionate assertion, made the Renaissance great.

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Your screenplay’s dissection of our modern culture is so complex.

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Sam Fender has won the 2025 Mercury Prize for his third album, People Watching, a steely-eyed dissection of working-class life in the north of England.

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And hometown hero Sam Fender will be hoping for a local advantage with his third album, People Watching, a steely-eyed dissection of working-class life in the North.

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"She regularly mined her own life for inspiration and there was something Austenesque about her dissections of society, its many prejudices and norms."

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