Associations to the word «Reductive»
Noun
- Materialism
- Explanation
- Reaction
- Approach
- Lie
- Philosophy
- Interpretation
- Theory
- Non
- Amine
- Elimination
- Subgroup
- Concept
- Cleavage
- Coupling
- Algebra
- Account
- Condensation
- Oxidation
- Fixation
- Process
- Catalyst
- Technique
- Dyeing
- Biosynthesis
- Reagent
- Sodium
- Chloride
- Ligand
- Pathway
- Intermediate
- Metabolism
- Conjecture
- Vat
- Carbon
- Pseudo
- Representation
- Dye
- Anion
- Chlorine
- Generalization
- Electron
- Hydrogen
- Compound
- Substrate
- Cis
- Modernism
- Decomposition
- Tit
- Cu
- Reduction
- Enzyme
- Dissolution
- Specificity
- Prasad
- Solvent
- Bacterium
- Degradation
- Bibliography
- Sulphur
- Synthesis
- Microorganism
- Mathematics
- Fibre
- Theorem
- Thin
- Ester
- Groundwater
Adjective
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
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.