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Definition of reductive adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

reductive

adjective
 
/rɪˈdʌktɪv/
 
/rɪˈdʌktɪv/
(formal, often disapproving)
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  1. that tries to explain something complicated by considering it as a combination of simple parts
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