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reductive

[ri-duhk-tiv]

adjective

  1. of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge.

    an urgent need for reductive measures.

  2. of or relating to change from one form to another.

    reductive chemical processes.

  3. employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic.



noun

  1. something causing or inducing a reductive process.

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • reductively adverb
  • reductiveness noun
  • antireductive adjective
  • nonreductive adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of reductive1

First recorded in 1625–35; reduct(ion) + -ive
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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.

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But to that reductive objection, Belflower has a polite retort: “OK, but look at the history.”

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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.

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Many senior Labour figures regarded such questions as reductive and trivialising and wanted to be openly thoughtful about the rights of trans people.

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"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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