reductive
pronunciation
How to pronounce reductive in British English:
UK [rɪˈdʌktɪv]
How to pronounce reductive in American English:
US [rɪˈdʌktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment
Word Origin
- reductive (adj.)
- 1630s, "that reduces;" 1650s, "that leads or brings back," from Medieval Latin reductivus, from reduct-, past participle stem of Latin reducere (see reduce). Related: Reductively.
Example
- 1. Influence of light radiation on reductive decoloration of soluble azoic dye .
- 2. Because invest amount and manufacturing operation to wait , produce change , need reductive truly , must examine and approve via examining and approve an orgnaization .
- 3. When the venerable tradition of the pseudonym is discussed , it is often in reductive terms .
- 4. To our knowledge , however , it has never been used for reductive amination of carbonyl compounds , nor for reduction of pre-formed imines .
- 5. Now that reality might seem reductive and too insignificant and demeaning when attempting to understand another human being .