reductive
adjective
re·duc·tive
ri-ˈdək-tiv 
1
: of, relating to, causing, or involving reduction
2
: of or relating to reductionism : reductionistic
reductively
adverb
reductiveness
noun
Examples of reductive in a Sentence
a reductive interpretation of the theory
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Who knows how society will judge Audiard’s depiction two years or two decades from now, though the project is consistent with a career spent imagining milieus far from his and immersing audiences in those worlds, without reductive psychology or judgment.
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024
Many Asian Americans have since argued that the film only confirmed the problematic, reductive stereotype of Asian women as hypersexualized and subservient.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
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Peter Debruge, Variety, 18 May 2024
Many Asian Americans have since argued that the film only confirmed the problematic, reductive stereotype of Asian women as hypersexualized and subservient.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Mar. 2024
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reductive
adjective
re·duc·tive
ri-ˈdək-tiv
: of, relating to, causing, or involving reduction
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