reductive

About 0.83 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2. adjective Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
3. adjective That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
4. adjective That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
5. adjective That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

Similar words

subtractive reduction reductant reductionist restriction restrictive narrow simplistic understatement short-sighted

Often followed by

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Word family

reductively reductiveness reductivenesses