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Synonyms for reductive
rɪˈdʌk tɪvre·duc·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
reductiveadjective
characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
"their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere
Antonyms:
additive
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List of paraphrases for "reductive":
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#26583 | simplistic | |
#64168 | reductive | |
#99255 | reductionist | |
#239244 | reductant |
How to use reductive in a sentence?
These are helpful but seem to be reductive and appear to pay mere lip service.
National Security Adviser Susan Rice:
We reject reductive reasoning and lazy rhetoric that says conflict between the U.S. and China is inevitable even as we've been tough with China where we disagree, this isn't a zero sum game.
I think more than anything else, Hillary Clinton had come up with a reductive message that The People could interpret as The People own personal dog whistle if The People wanted, about what kind of America The People wanted restored and what was insufficient about the current America that needed to be undone.
It seems absurd to bring a bunch of beautifully dressed people into the gallery when we can bring in a bunch of nude people, we seem to forget the nude is really important to art history. The museum in itself is reductive -- we have the idea of the white cube but why have we then reduced the viewer through their clothing?
It magnifies and enacts the sort of reductive tropes and expectations we face in the real world, especially the real dating world, watching 'The Bachelor' means watching a more exaggerated version of the sexist landscape we navigate, but the exaggeration (and the remove of watching it on TV) makes it easier to observe, discuss, and critique.
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