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How to spell analysis

Analysis is spelled A-N-A-L-Y-S-I-S. The middle vowel is Y, as in analytic, and it ends -SIS, like crisis.

What it means: A detailed examination of something.

In a sentence: The detective did an analysis to solve the mystery. ▶

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Same family: analyze, analyst, analytical, psychoanalysis, psychoanalytic. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Analysis comes from Greek via Latin: ‘ana’ meaning ‘up’ or ‘throughout’ and ‘lysis’ meaning ‘loosening’ or ‘breaking apart’. In psychology, Freud used the idea of ‘breaking apart’ the mind’s hidden thoughts and desires, which is why his method became known as psychoanalysis.

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