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reductivism

noun

Etymology

From reductive + -ism.

  1. derived from reducere — “to reduce”
  2. derived from reductivus
  3. derived from réductif
  4. suffixed as reductivism — “reductive + ism”

Definitions

  1. Extreme simplification

    Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials

  2. The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.

  3. A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A minimalist school of music with similar aims.

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