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reductive

re·duc·tive

UK/ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/ uncommon archaic

adjective

1.

characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment

  • “their views of life were reductive and depreciabory” R.H.Rovere
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Origin

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

Phrases

  • reductive animation
  • reductive dechlorination
  • reductive grammar
  • reductive group

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