reductionisticadj.

Brit.

/rᵻˌdʌkʃəˈnɪstɪk/, U.S.

/rəˌdəkʃəˈnɪstɪk/,

/riˌdəkʃəˈnɪstɪk/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reduction n., -istic suffix.

Etymology: < reduction n. + -istic suffix. Compare earlier reductionist adj.

Frequently somewhat depreciative.

= reductionist adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > relating to reductionism or reductionists

reductive1901

reductionist1931

reductionistic1941

reductivist1950

1941 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 54 147 The approach is definitely organic rather than mechanistic or reductionistic.

1964 Classical Jrnl. 60 138/2 This kind of literary analysis..is grossly reductionistic and simplistic, to say the least.

1974 B. F. Skinner About Behaviorism xiv. 240 A science of behaviour has been said to dehumanize man because it is reductionistic.

2007 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 15 Sept. c4 He says mechanistic science is reductionistic; inadequate to explain the fullness of reality.

Derivatives

reˌductioˈnistically adv.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adverb]

necessarily1664

positivistically1890

phenomenologically1891

phenomenalistically1909

nomically1921

operationally1925

reductionistically1950

hypothetico-deductively1953

metascientifically1954

the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > reduction > [adverb]

reductionistically1950

1950 Jrnl. Philos. 47 251 The constitutive, operational properties of the compound are reductionistically describable in terms synonymous with those used in the description of the elements.

1965 Jrnl. Politics 27 783 The list of problems and events treated reductionistically is enormous.

1993 B. Moyers Healing & Mind ii. 125 So let's not talk reductionistically about the mind or the body.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	reductionistic
释义	reductionisticadj. Brit. /rᵻˌdʌkʃəˈnɪstɪk/, U.S. /rəˌdəkʃəˈnɪstɪk/, /riˌdəkʃəˈnɪstɪk/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: reduction n., -istic suffix. Etymology: < reduction n. + -istic suffix. Compare earlier reductionist adj. Frequently somewhat depreciative. = reductionist adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adjective] > relating to reductionism or reductionists reductive1901 reductionist1931 reductionistic1941 reductivist1950 1941 Amer. Jrnl. Psychol. 54 147 The approach is definitely organic rather than mechanistic or reductionistic. 1964 Classical Jrnl. 60 138/2 This kind of literary analysis..is grossly reductionistic and simplistic, to say the least. 1974 B. F. Skinner About Behaviorism xiv. 240 A science of behaviour has been said to dehumanize man because it is reductionistic. 2007 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 15 Sept. c4 He says mechanistic science is reductionistic; inadequate to explain the fullness of reality. Derivatives reˌductioˈnistically adv. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > empiricism > [adverb] necessarily1664 positivistically1890 phenomenologically1891 phenomenalistically1909 nomically1921 operationally1925 reductionistically1950 hypothetico-deductively1953 metascientifically1954 the mind > mental capacity > psychology > theory of psychoanalysis > theories of Freud > reduction > [adverb] reductionistically1950 1950 Jrnl. Philos. 47 251 The constitutive, operational properties of the compound are reductionistically describable in terms synonymous with those used in the description of the elements. 1965 Jrnl. Politics 27 783 The list of problems and events treated reductionistically is enormous. 1993 B. Moyers Healing & Mind ii. 125 So let's not talk reductionistically about the mind or the body. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1941
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