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ANALYTIC THINKING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
Synonyms:
analysis; analytic thinking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("analytic thinking" is a kind of...):
abstract thought; logical thinking; reasoning (thinking that is coherent and logical)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "analytic thinking"):
breakdown; partitioning (an analysis into mutually exclusive categories)
cost-benefit analysis (an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs)
dissection (a minute and critical analysis)
elimination; reasoning by elimination (analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives)
reductionism (the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents)
systems analysis (analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts)
trend analysis (analysis of changes over time)
