reductive

[ ri-duhk-tiv ]

/ rɪˈdʌk tɪv /

SEE SYNONYMS FOR reductive ON THESAURUS.COM

adjective

of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures.

of or relating to change from one form to another: reductive chemical processes.

employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic.

noun

something causing or inducing a reductive process.

Origin of reductive

First recorded in 1625–35; reduct(ion) + -ive

OTHER WORDS FROM reductive

re·duc·tive·ly, adverbre·duc·tive·ness, nounan·ti·re·duc·tive, adjectivenon·re·duc·tive, adjective

Words nearby reductive

reductionism, reduction mammaplasty, reduction of chromosomes, reduction potential, reduction ratio, reductive, reductivism, reductor, redundancy, redundancy pay, redundancy payment

Example sentences from the Web for reductive

Because it's too cautious to dramatize real problems and too reductive to tackle them realistically.
Generic and Superficial ‘Tyrant’ Amerisplains the Middle East|Andrew Romano|June 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But it would be reductive to make that parallel a blanket one.
Philip Seymour Hoffman: An Actor First|Tim Teeman|February 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He had read a positive review of his own work that nonetheless struck him as reductive and inaccurate.
Constructive Criticism: Reviewing the Idea of Reviewing|Ben Greenman|May 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST
It is all too easy to be heavy-handed and reductive, something of which Freud himself was guilty on many occasions.
Goce Smilevski’s ‘Freud’s Sister’|Lauren Elkin|January 11, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But even that's too reductive for a series that relishes the gamesmanship, intrigue, and corruption that follows in their wake.
Game of Thrones Comes to HBO|Jace Lacob|April 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
At a boiling heat, in presence of dilute acids, it is split up, yielding a reductive sugar.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.|Various
Now that the law compels a list of dangerous drugs on the label, the cures proceed admittedly by a reductive principle.
Habits that Handicap|Charles B. Towns

单词	reductive
释义	reductive [ ri-duhk-tiv ] / rɪˈdʌk tɪv / SEE SYNONYMS FOR reductive ON THESAURUS.COM adjective of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures. of or relating to change from one form to another: reductive chemical processes. employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic. noun something causing or inducing a reductive process. Origin of reductive First recorded in 1625–35; reduct(ion) + -ive OTHER WORDS FROM reductive re·duc·tive·ly, adverbre·duc·tive·ness, nounan·ti·re·duc·tive, adjectivenon·re·duc·tive, adjective Words nearby reductive reductionism, reduction mammaplasty, reduction of chromosomes, reduction potential, reduction ratio, reductive, reductivism, reductor, redundancy, redundancy pay, redundancy payment Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for reductive Because it's too cautious to dramatize real problems and too reductive to tackle them realistically. Generic and Superficial ‘Tyrant’ Amerisplains the Middle East\|Andrew Romano\|June 25, 2014\|DAILY BEAST But it would be reductive to make that parallel a blanket one. Philip Seymour Hoffman: An Actor First\|Tim Teeman\|February 2, 2014\|DAILY BEAST He had read a positive review of his own work that nonetheless struck him as reductive and inaccurate. Constructive Criticism: Reviewing the Idea of Reviewing\|Ben Greenman\|May 20, 2013\|DAILY BEAST It is all too easy to be heavy-handed and reductive, something of which Freud himself was guilty on many occasions. Goce Smilevski’s ‘Freud’s Sister’\|Lauren Elkin\|January 11, 2013\|DAILY BEAST But even that's too reductive for a series that relishes the gamesmanship, intrigue, and corruption that follows in their wake. Game of Thrones Comes to HBO\|Jace Lacob\|April 4, 2011\|DAILY BEAST At a boiling heat, in presence of dilute acids, it is split up, yielding a reductive sugar. Scientific American Supplement, No. 648, June 2, 1888.\|Various Now that the law compels a list of dangerous drugs on the label, the cures proceed admittedly by a reductive principle. Habits that Handicap\|Charles B. Towns Words related to reductive subtractive, diminutive, minimal, diminishing, remissive, derivable, inferable, inferential, affiliable
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