Word

analytic thinking, n.

the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

analysis analytic thinking

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

analytical analytic analyze

antonym

synthesis

semantic pointers

hypernym

reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought

hyponym

breakdown, partitioning cost-benefit analysis dissection elimination, reasoning by elimination reductionism systems analysis trend analysis