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Definitions for reductive
rɪˈdʌk tɪvre·duc·tive

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. reductiveadjective

    characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment

    "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere

Wiktionary

  1. reductiveadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or causing physical reduction.

  2. reductiveadjective

    Of or pertaining to reductionism or reductivism.

  3. reductiveadjective

    Of, pertaining to, or causing figurative reduction; belittling, disparaging, ridiculing.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Reductiveadjective

    Having the power of reducing.

    Etymology: reductif, Fr. reductus, Latin.

    Thus far concerning these reductives by inundations and conflagrations. Matthew Hale, Origin of Mankind.

ChatGPT

  1. reductive

    Reductive generally refers to something that is simplified or reduced in complexity, often in a manner that oversimplifies or diminishes its value, importance or significance. It may also refer to procedures or methods aimed at breaking down or reducing something into its basic parts, such as reductive analysis or reductive reasoning. In chemistry, it can denote reactions involving or resulting in reduction, typically referring to the gain of electrons or reduction in oxidation state.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Reductiveadjective

    tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing

  2. Reductivenoun

    a reductive agent

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. rductif.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of reductive in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of reductive in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of reductive in a Sentence

  1. Stacey Abrams:

    But let’s be clear : Having children is why you’re worried about your price for gas. It’s why you’re concerned about how much food costs, for women, this is not a reductive issue. You ca n’t divorce being forced to carry an unwanted pregnancy from the economic realities of having a child. And so these are — it’s important for us to have ‘ both and ’ conversations. We do n’t have the luxury of reducing it or separating them out. Stacey Abrams SAYS SHE'S' BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS' WITH THE WHITE HOUSE, WANTS BIDEN TO JOIN HER ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

  2. Claire Fallon:

    It magnifies and enacts the sort of reductive tropes and expectations we face in the real world, especially the real dating world, watching 'The Bachelor' means watching a more exaggerated version of the sexist landscape we navigate, but the exaggeration (and the remove of watching it on TV) makes it easier to observe, discuss, and critique.

  3. Rob Ford:

    If someone in Cameron's brain trust had looked properly at how to prepare for a referendum and thought about what outcomes were most palatable to the largest number of voters, the campaign might have played put very differently, some of the damage from a polarizing campaign over a reductive and divisive binary question might have been avoided.

  4. Michael Bierut:

    I think more than anything else, Hillary Clinton had come up with a reductive message that The People could interpret as The People own personal dog whistle if The People wanted, about what kind of America The People wanted restored and what was insufficient about the current America that needed to be undone.

  5. Nelson Moses:

    These are helpful but seem to be reductive and appear to pay mere lip service.

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