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analysis has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 2 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is synthesis.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for analysis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'
a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
“his physician recommended psychoanalysis”