▸ adjective: (Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
▸ adjective: Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
▸ adjective: (chemistry, metallurgy, biology, economics) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
▸ adjective: (now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
▸ adjective: (now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.subtractive, reductionist, reductivist, reductivism, nonreductive, simplistic, reducible, hyperbolic, deconstructive, oversimplified, more...
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