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vivisection

[viv-uh-sek-shuhn] / ˌvɪv əˈsɛk ʃən /




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More broadly the play is a tart vivisection of human pettiness and venality, as one by one the characters’ prejudices, peccadilloes and blinkered views are exposed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

Other readers will hear in this vivisection of a dysfunctional family a Franzenesque attention to the great forces pulsing through American culture.

From Washington Post • May 31, 2022

Director Jean-Christophe Meurisse aims for nothing less than a full vivisection of French society in “Bloody Oranges,” a daring social satire that proceeds from the premise that his homeland may be incurably ill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2022

This is the gift "I Know This Much Is True" offers, a lengthy, lyrical vivisection of intertwined lives made of epic woe.

From Salon • May 10, 2020

Usually, his vivisection of Wilsons and Spaldings revealed cores consisting of extremely tightiy bundled rubber bands.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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