Associations to the word «Reductive»

Wiktionary

REDUCTIVE, adjective. (Scottish legal) (now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. [from 16th c.]
REDUCTIVE, adjective. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something. [from 17th c.]
REDUCTIVE, adjective. (chemistry) (metallurgy) (biology) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form. [from 17th c.]
REDUCTIVE, adjective. (now rare) (historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else. [from 17th c.]
REDUCTIVE, adjective. (now frequently pejorative) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist. [from 20th c.]

Dictionary definition

REDUCTIVE, adjective. Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere.

Wise words

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