Definitions

reductive

[ri-duhk-tiv] / rɪˈdʌk tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

serving to simplify or abridge

Synonyms

STRONGEST

diminishing diminutive minimal subtractive

STRONG

remissive

WEAK

affiliable derivable inferable inferential

Antonyms

STRONG

enhancing enlarging

Example Sentences

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The study’s approach is highly reductive, and the posted paper doesn’t offer a full list of cases and ratings.

From The Wall Street Journal

Biopics are “an exasperating genre,” Variety wrote, smushing some of “the planet’s most unorthodox personalities into a reductive, overly moralistic mold.”

From The Wall Street Journal

At the risk of being reductive, the problem is that these markets each want different things from Audi.

From The Wall Street Journal

But Fabbro’s wistful salute to bygone traditions has significant limitations, especially noticeable in the reductive design of his diametrically opposed main characters.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Los Angeles Times