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Reductionist meaning in English
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Reductionist
see synonyms of reductionistAdjective
1. reductionist
of or relating to the theory of reductionism
Example Sentences:'reductionist arguments'
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Reductionist
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An attempt or tendency to explain a complex set of facts, entities, phenomena, or structures by another, simpler set: "Science requires some degree of reductionism, some picking apart and focusing on one or two variables at a time" (Natalie Angier).
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