reductionism

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  • Noun:
    a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
    the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

Word Origin

reductionism (n.)
1948, in philosophy, from reduction in specialized sense in philosophy (1914) + -ism. Related: Reductionist.

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