Definition of Reductive

1. Adjective. Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment. "Their views of life were reductive and depreciatory"

Similar to: Subtractive
Derivative terms: Reduce

Definition of Reductive

1. a. Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

Definition of Reductive

1. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or causing physical reduction. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to reductionism or reductivism. ¹

3. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or causing figurative reduction; belittling, disparaging, ridiculing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Reductive

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Reductive

reduction gear
reduction in force
reduction mammaplasty
reduction nucleus
reduction potential
reduction to the absurd
reductional
reductionism
reductionisms
reductionist
reductionistic
reductionists
reductions
reductive
reductive dechlorination
reductively
reductiveness
reductivenesses
reductivism
reductivist
reductivists
reductoisomerase
reductone
reductones
reductor
reductors
reducts
reduit

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