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reductive

[ri-duhk-tiv] / rɪˈdʌk tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
serving to simplify or abridge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
remissive
WEAK
Antonyms


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The Jewish Museum presents a wide-ranging but thematically reductive survey of the ingenious painter’s work.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 8, 2026

The reductive strategy so nearly secured successive World Cup finals - but often proved soporific for supporters.

From BBC Feb. 6, 2026

“I think the most reductive view of Guiteau is ‘chaotic evil,’ right?

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 6, 2025

Mr. Persico’s erudite account is at times reductive.

From The Wall Street Journal Oct. 24, 2025

I know only that I will never see him again, and that anything I can say or offer by way of his present life might well be taken as reductive and suspect.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee



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