HyperDic: reductive

English > 1 sense of the word reductive:
ADJECTIVEallreductivecharacterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
English > reductive: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningCharacterized by or causing diminution or curtailment.
Example"their views of life were reductive and depreciatory"- R.H.Rovere
Broadersubtractiveconstituting / constituting or involving subtraction
Spanishreductor
Catalanreductor
Verbsreducecut down on

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