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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 Word Forms
- ·ܳt· adverb
- ·ܳt·Ա noun
- t··ܳt adjective
- ԴDzr·ܳt adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of reductive1
Example Sentences
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."
That may be reductive, but the point is well taken.
Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said the five-point grading scale "maintains the current blunt, reductive approach that cannot capture the complexity of school life nor provide more meaningful information to parents".
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