reductive C1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/ See IPA manual Freq #64803 Meanings 1 adj characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment Their views of life were reductive and depreciatory - R.H.Rovere. Thesaurus Synonyms mechanistic ↔ Opposites oxidativeamplificatory Word family Derived forms bioreductivecytoreductivenonreductivereductivelyreductivenessreductivismreductivistunreductive Related forms reducereducible Etymology From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”). réductif Middle French reductivus la-lat reducere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # reductive **Type:** Word **Level:** C1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/ **Frequency rank:** 64803 ## Meanings 1. characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment ## Examples - Their views of life were reductive and depreciatory - R.H.Rovere. ## Synonyms - mechanistic ## Antonyms - oxidative - amplificatory ## Derived Forms - bioreductive - cytoreductive - nonreductive - reductively - reductiveness - reductivism - reductivist - unreductive ## Related Forms - reduce - reducible ## Roots and Affixes - Root: réductif - Root: reductivus - Root: reducere ## Etymology From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”). ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown