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Definition of reductionist noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reductionist

noun
 
/rɪˈdʌkʃənɪst/
 
/rɪˈdʌkʃənɪst/
(formal, often disapproving)
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  1. a person who believes that complicated things can be explained by considering them as a combination of simple parts
    • He was a reductionist who believed that everything could be explained in materialistic terms.

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