reductive Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
    • their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere

WordNet

Re*duc"tive adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. réductif.
Definitions
  1. Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. Sir M. Hale.

Webster 1913