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reductive
[ri-duhk-tiv]
adjective
of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge.
an urgent need for reductive measures.
of or relating to change from one form to another.
reductive chemical processes.
employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic.
noun
something causing or inducing a reductive process.
Other 51Թ Forms
- reductively adverb
- reductiveness noun
- antireductive adjective
- nonreductive adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of reductive1
Example Sentences
Calling it a picture of the American dream would be reductive, diminishing all of the work that Escola has done to apply it to an outmoded path toward prosperity.
But to that reductive objection, Belflower has a polite retort: “OK, but look at the history.”
When he gets annoyed at her reductive assumption, she calls him "crazy" and "absolutely f—king crazy," and repeatedly says "f—k you" to him.
Many senior Labour figures regarded such questions as reductive and trivialising and wanted to be openly thoughtful about the rights of trans people.
"You have my cell, always happy to talk privately or publicly on either of our shows because these conversations are reductive to hash out on social media."
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