reductionistic
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8.5
- adjective
- /rɪˌdʌkʃəˈnɪstɪk/
- Formal
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reduccionista
- The other sciences accepted the mechanistic and reductionistic views of classical physics as the correct description of reality and modeled their own theories accordingly.
- reductionistic approach
- reductionistic view
Examples
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A reductionistic view oversimplifies the complex interactions within an ecosystem.
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Unlike the biomedical approaches that have dominated the literature on illness management, with their reductionistic and practitioner-oriented perspectives, the social constructivist paradigm is highly compatible with social work values and precepts.
Academic text (2009) -
Being unable to see Social Software as more than its component parts is taking a reductionistic approach.
Blog text (28) -
To transcend the classical models, scientists will have to go beyond the mechanistic and reductionistic approach, as we have done in physics, and develop holistic and ecological views.
Academic text (1993) -
Rogers' psychological humanism movement began as a response against the mechanized reductionistic view of people extended by psychoanalytic and behavioral theories (DeCarvalho, 1990).
Academic text (2004) -
Critics argue that a reductionistic analysis misses the deeper meanings found in literature.
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He realized that his reductionistic approach was failing to capture the richness of the entire project.
Synonyms
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8.2
Explaining a complex thing only by its simple parts
Antonyms
How Reductionist
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Reductionistic comes from reduce ('make smaller') and the ending -istic (as in artistic) which makes the word describe a way of thinking. So, think of taking a big machine apart to look at each small piece, and a reductionistic view explains complex things by focusing only on their simple parts.