ALL meanings of reductive
re·duc·tive
R r - adjective reductive involving reduction 1
- adjective reductive involving reductionism 1
- adjective reductive of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures. 1
- adjective reductive of or relating to change from one form to another: reductive chemical processes. 1
- adjective reductive employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic. 1
- noun reductive something causing or inducing a reductive process. 1
- adjective reductive If you describe something such as a theory or a work of art as reductive, you disapprove of it because it reduces complex things to simple elements. 0
- adjective reductive of or characterized by reduction or reductionism 0
- adjective reductive reducing or tending to reduce 0