REDUCTIVE


Meaning of REDUCTIVE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪdʌktɪv ]

If you describe something such as a theory or a work of art as reductive , you disapprove of it because it reduces complex things to simple elements. ( FORMAL )

...a cynical, reductive interpretation.

ADJ : usu ADJ n [ disapproval ]

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