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Definition of reductive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reductive

adjective

/rɪˈdʌktɪv/

/rɪˈdʌktɪv/

(formal, often disapproving)

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that tries to explain something complicated by considering it as a combination of simple parts

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