Definition of Reductionist in English :

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Reductionist meaning in English

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Reductionist

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Adjective

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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n.
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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