dissection

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun cutting so as to separate into pieces
noun a minute and critical analysis
noun detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work)

Borrowed from Latin dissectiōnem, perhaps via Middle French dissection. By surface analysis, dissect + -ion.

[70] =de análisis en disección,= analysis by dissection. — The Spanish American Reader, Ernesto Nelson
I went over afterwards to continue my dissection. — Whose Body? A Lord Peter Wimsey Novel, Dorothy L. (Dorothy Leigh) Sayers
"I rather fancy that this is a case for dissection." — The Lock and Key Library: Classic Mystery and Detective Stories: Modern English, Unknown

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