English Explanatory Dictionary

reductive

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
  2. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
  3. That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
  4. That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
  5. That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-reductive.wav

Word forms

reductive more reductive most reductive

Etymology

From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”).

Antonyms

oxidative

Derived words

bioreductive cytoreductive nonreductive reductive animation reductive dechlorination reductive grammar reductive group reductively reductiveness reductivism reductivist unreductive
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