re·duc·tion·ism 
(rĭ-dŭkshə-nĭz′əm)
(rĭ-dŭkshə-nĭz′əm)n.
An attempt or tendency to explain a complex set of facts, entities, phenomena, or structures by another, simpler set: "Science requires some degree of reductionism, some picking apart and focusing on one or two variables at a time" (Natalie Angier).
re·duction·ist adj. & n.
re·duc′tion·istic adj.
- player
- player piano
- play fast and loose
- playfellow
- play footsie
- play for time
- playful
- playfully
- playfulness
- play games
- playgirl
- playgoer
- playgoing
- playground
- play hard to get
- playhouse
- playing card
- playing field
- play in Peoria
- play into hands
- play into (someone's) hands
- play into someone's hands
- play it by ear
- playlet
- playlist