reductive

Example Sentences

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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 • Dec. 30, 2025

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 • Nov. 14, 2025

Spending the next 10 years lamenting Madigan’s potential snub would be nothing more than reductive, implying that her work is only worthy if it’s awarded by stuffy voters who maintain little respect for horror, anyway.

From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025

Whether the videos are anti-AA or pro-AA, many are full of misinformation, reductive characterizations, evangelism, rage bait, and wannabe spiritual gurus.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 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