REDUCTIONISM


Meaning of REDUCTIONISM in English

n.1 the tendency to or principle of analysing complex things into simple constituents.

2 often derog. the doctrine that a system can be fully understood in terms of its isolated parts, or an idea in terms of simple concepts.

Derivatives:

reductionist n. reductionistic adj.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.