- reductiveness
- noun see reductive
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
reductiveness
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reductiveness — reductive ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude. 2) relating to chemical reduction. DERIVATIVES reductively adverb reductiveness noun … English terms dictionary
reductiveness — noun The quality of being reductive, of reducing things to their components See Also: reductionism, reductivity, reductively … Wiktionary
reductiveness — reducˈtiveness noun • • • Main Entry: ↑reduce … Useful english dictionary
reductive — adjective Date: 1633 1. of, relating to, causing, or involving reduction 2. of or relating to reductionism ; reductionistic • reductively adverb • reductiveness noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
reductive — reductively, adv. reductiveness, n. /ri duk tiv/, adj. 1. of, pertaining to, characterized by, or producing reduction or abridgment: an urgent need for reductive measures. 2. of or pertaining to change from one form to another. 3. of, pertaining… … Universalium
reductive — adjective 1》 tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude. ↘(with reference to art) minimal. 2》 relating to chemical reduction. Derivatives reductively adverb reductiveness noun … English new terms dictionary
reductive — ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude. 2) relating to chemical reduction. DERIVATIVES reductively adverb reductiveness noun … English terms dictionary
reductively — reductive ► ADJECTIVE 1) tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude. 2) relating to chemical reduction. DERIVATIVES reductively adverb reductiveness noun … English terms dictionary
