reductive

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; - R.H.Rovere
- "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory"

Adj

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

Origin / Etymology

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

Antonyms

oxidative

Scrabble Score: 15

reductive is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
reductive is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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Words With Friends Score: 18

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