reductive

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory. archaic
  2. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
  3. That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
    — On the relative reductive powers of different classes of American coals, as demonstrated by the experiments with oxide of lead.
  4. That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else. archaic,historical
    — But then beside the primary and direct sense of the text, the ancients commonly supposed that there was a reductive or anagogical meaning, in which it might be taken.
  5. That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

词形变化

more reductive comparative most reductive superlative

词汇关系

反义词
oxidative
衍生词
bioreductive cytoreductive nonreductive reductive animation reductive dechlorination reductive grammar reductive group reductively reductiveness reductivism reductivist unreductive

词源

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