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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