Definitions from Wiktionary (reductive)

▸ adjective:  (Scots law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
▸ adjective:  Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
▸ adjective:  (chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
▸ adjective:  (now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
▸ adjective:  (now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.






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