"reductionist" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more reductionist [comparative], most reductionist [superlative]
Etymology: reduction + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|reduction|ist}} reduction + -ist Head templates: {{en-adj}} reductionist (comparative more reductionist, superlative most reductionist)
  1. Of, or relating to reductionism. Related terms: reductive, reductivist Translations (of, or relating to reductionism): réductionniste (French), riduzionistico (Italian)
    Sense id: en-reductionist-en-adj-MCcvdNDu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54

Noun

Forms: reductionists [plural]
Etymology: reduction + -ist Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|reduction|ist}} reduction + -ist Head templates: {{en-noun}} reductionist (plural reductionists)
  1. An advocate of reductionism. Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-reductionist-en-noun-K7DLP7eP Disambiguation of People: 14 86 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ist Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 45 55 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 46 54 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ist: 41 59

Inflected forms

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