Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense anatomizes, present participle anatomizing, past tense, past participle anatomizedregional note: in BRIT, also use anatomise
verb
If you anatomise a subject or an issue, you examine it in great detail.
[formal]
The magazine is devoted to anatomizing the inadequacies of liberalism. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: examine, study, separate, divide More Synonyms of anatomize
anatomize in British English
or anatomise (əˈnætəˌmaɪz)
verb(transitive)
1.
to dissect (an animal or plant)
2.
to examine in minute detail
Derived forms
anatomization (aˌnatomiˈzation) or anatomisation (aˌnatomiˈsation)
noun
anatomizer (aˈnatoˌmizer) or anatomiser (aˈnatoˌmiser)
noun
anatomize in American English
(əˈnætəˌmaɪz; əˈnætəˌmaɪz)
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: aˈnatoˌmized or aˈnatoˌmizing
1.
to dissect (an animal or plant) in order to examine the structure