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View synonyms for reductive

reductive

[ ri-duhk-tiv ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge:

    an urgent need for reductive measures.

  2. of or relating to change from one form to another:

    reductive chemical processes.

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


noun

  1. something causing or inducing a reductive process.

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Other Words From

  • re·ductive·ly adverb
  • re·ductive·ness noun
  • anti·re·ductive adjective
  • nonre·ductive adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of reductive1

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

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