noun (n)

• an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole(noun.act)

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• the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations(noun.cognition)

  Synonym:
  analytic thinking
  Antonym:
  synthesis, synthetic thinking
  

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• a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed(noun.communication)

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• the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'(noun.communication)

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• a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation(noun.cognition)

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• a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud(noun.act)

  Example:
  His physician recommended psychoanalysis.
  

  Synonym:
  depth psychology, psychoanalysis
  

  source: wordnet30
• A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.(noun)

  source: webster1913