释义 |
reductionismre‧duc‧tion‧is‧m /rɪˈdʌkʃənɪzəm/ noun [uncountable] formal - Clements was an influential writer who developed a philosophy of ecology that differed fundamentally from the reductionism of Warming and Cowles.
- For me, that's where the cold, intolerant reductionism of Richard Dawkins and Lewis Wolpert becomes politically lethal.
- In rejecting the reductionism of rationalism, the counterculture was so deeply anti-intellectual that it forfeited access to its own history.
- Mightn't it merely give rise to a new, psychologistic, feminist reductionism?
- The idea of television against reductionism recalls the adage about fighting for peace, and the equivalent activity for virginity.
- The winning side, however, opted for a reductionism that located truth in that which could be measured.
- What was the solution to the reductionism of liberal-rationalist thought?
when someone tries to explain complicated ideas or systems in very simple terms – often used to show disapproval—reductionist adjective |