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analytic tradecraft

analytic tradecraft noun: the part of tradecraft concerned with the analysis of intelligence.

Noun

analytic tradecraft (uncountable)

  1. The part of tradecraft concerned with the analysis of intelligence

Origin of analytic tradecraft

A phrase coined by Jack Davis, for decades one of the foremost instructors on the craft of analysis at the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency.

Questions about analytic tradecraft

What does analytic tradecraft mean?
Analytic tradecraft means the part of tradecraft concerned with the analysis of intelligence.
What part of speech is analytic tradecraft?
Analytic tradecraft is a noun.

Words near analytic tradecraft in the dictionary

  1. analytic number theory
  2. analytic philosopher
  3. analytic philosophers
  4. analytic philosophy
  5. analytic psychology
  6. analytic tradecraft
  7. analytical
  8. analytical behaviorism
  9. analytical behaviourism
  10. analytical chemistry
  11. analytical editing

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