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Definition of Reductionistic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Reductionistic
Literary usage of Reductionistic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"of reductionistic biophysics and biochemistry were brought to bear on biology,
thus denaturing holistic and organismic concepts. Although I recognized the ..."
2. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"More specifically, the genomics revolution is driving a paradigm shift from
reductionistic approaches that focus on elements in isolation to systems ..."
3. Individual Differences in the Behavioral Etiology of Drug Abuse edited by Harold W. Gordon, Meyer D. Glantz (1997)
"Single neurotransmitter approach is reductionistic. 2. Single biological difference
is correlated with heterogeneous behavior (eg, cocaine use with ..."
4. Women at Thirtysomething: Paradoxes of Attainment (1993)
"My approach to this story and analysis is descriptive, not reductionistic.
The methodological tradition that uses various regression analyses to explain the ..."
5. Meta-Analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs edited by William J. Bukoski (1998)
"This goal must be compared to experimental research, which is inherently
reductionistic in its approach. Because of this divergence in methods and implicit ..."
6. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"... on the application of biophysics, biochemistry, and biophysical chemistry in
molecular biology. Such work was necessarily methodically reductionistic. ..."
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