reductiveness

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Definitions of reductiveness word

adjective reductiveness of or relating to reduction; serving to reduce or abridge: an urgent need for reductive measures. 1
adjective reductiveness of or relating to change from one form to another: reductive chemical processes. 1
adjective reductiveness employing an analysis of a complex subject into a simplified, less detailed form; of, pertaining to, or employing reductionism; reductionistic. 1
noun reductiveness something causing or inducing a reductive process. 1
noun reductiveness the state or quality of being reductive 0

before 1625

One of the 42% oldest English words

First recorded in 1625-35; reduct(ion) + -ive

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A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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