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ANATOMIZE

Dictionary entry overview: What does anatomize mean?

• ANATOMIZE (verb)
The verb ANATOMIZE has 2 senses:

1. dissect in order to analyze
2. analyze down to the smallest detail

Familiarity information: ANATOMIZE used as a verb is rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ANATOMIZE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Dissect in order to analyze

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

anatomise; anatomize

Context example:

anatomize the bodies of the victims of this strange disease

Hypernyms (to "anatomize" is one way to...):

dissect (cut open or cut apart)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Analyze down to the smallest detail

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Context example:

This writer anatomized the depth of human behavior

Hypernyms (to "anatomize" is one way to...):

analyse; analyze; canvas; canvass; examine; study (consider in detail and subject to an analysis in order to discover essential features or meaning)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

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