/r??d?k.t?v.?.z?m/thepracticeofconsideringorpresentingsomethingcomplicatedin asimpleway,especiallya way that is toosimple:The reductivism of thesemodelsisinherentlyproblematicforsocialdecisionmaking.He was amodernistarchitectknownfor his reductivism, whostrippedalldecorationfrom hisbuildings.SeereductiveMore examples
The reductivism of herapproachisapparent.
It is the veryessenceof reductivism totreathumanbeingsas things.
Thefailureofscientificreductivismarisesbecausescienceisdiscoveringthatnature, like anylivingsystem, is inrelationships.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesElaborating, specifying and simplifying
abstract
anti-reductionism
anti-reductionist
broad brush
broaden
enlarge
enlarge on/uponsomething
expand
expand onsomething
expansively
over-elaboration
overgeneralization
overgeneralize
oversimplification
oversimplify
specificity
specify
split hairsidiom
standardization
standardize
See more results ?(Definition ofreductivismfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofreductivism
reductivismMany epistemologists reject linguisticreductivismin favor of a dual view of belief.From theCambridge English CorpusWorse, thisreductivismobtains that identifying those with enhancements requires defining who is normal and, in so doing, who is disabled.From theCambridge English CorpusThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/reductivism##