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reductive

adj
/ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/

Etymology

From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”).

  1. derived from reducere — “to reduce”
  2. derived from reductivus
  3. derived from réductif

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.

    Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.

  2. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.

  3. That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.

    • On the relative reductive powers of different classes of American coals, as demonstrated by the experiments with oxide of lead.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.

      • But then beside the primary and direct sense of the text, the ancients commonly supposed that there was a reductive or anagogical meaning, in which it might be taken.

    2. That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms

      That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

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Derived

bioreductive, cytoreductive, nonreductive, reductive animation, reductive dechlorination, reductive grammar, reductive group, reductively, reductiveness, reductivism, reductivist, unreductive

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA