analysis; analytic thinking




the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations


Antonym:
  • synthesis; synthetic thinking

Type of:
  • reasoning; logical thinking; abstract thought

Types:
  • breakdown; partitioning
  • cost-benefit analysis
  • dissection
  • elimination; reasoning by elimination
  • reductionism
  • systems analysis
  • trend analysis


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