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Reductive

Reductive Meaning & Definition
Reductive Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Reductive?

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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Reductive: subtractive

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Reductive In Webster's Dictionary

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

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