reductive.
Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
Meaning & usage
Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
Where this word comes from
From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”).
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