Reductive

[re·duc·tive]

Reductive things oversimplify information or leave out important details. A reductive argument won't win a debate, because it tries to make a complex issue much too simple.

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Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

Adjective S.
characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciabory" - R.H.Rovere


a.
Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

n.
A reductive agent.


Reductive

Re*duc"tive (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. r'82ductif.] Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.

Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing.

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Usage Examples

It's an honor putting art above politics. Politics can be seductive in terms of things reductive to the soul.

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