reductionist
/rɪˈdʌkʃənɪst/
adjective
- Relating to or characterized by reductionism; oversimplifying a complex subject by breaking it into parts.
- Her reductionist explanation of the war left out many important historical factors.
- Critics say the reductionist view of intelligence as a single number is too narrow.
- A reductionist approach to diet focuses only on calories, ignoring nutrition quality.
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noun
- A person who uses or supports reductionism, often by explaining complex phenomena through simple components.
- She called herself a reductionist but admitted that some things are more than the sum of their parts.
- The debate between reductionists and holists is common in philosophy of science.
- As a reductionist, he believed all human behavior could be traced to brain chemistry.
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