English Explanatory Dictionary

reductivism

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
  2. The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.
  3. A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.
  4. A minimalist school of music with similar aims.

Word forms

reductivism reductivisms

Etymology

From reductive + -ism.

Synonyms

minimalism

Related words

reductionism reductivist
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