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View synonyms for reductive
reductive
[ ri-duhk-tiv ]
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.
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Other Words From
- re·ductive·ly adverb
- re·ductive·ness noun
- anti·re·ductive adjective
- nonre·ductive adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of reductive1
First recorded in 1625–35; reduct(ion) + -ive
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Related Words
- diminishing
- diminutive
- minimal
- subtractive
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