Reductionism Definition

rĭ-dŭkshə-nĭzəm
noun
Any method or theory of reducing data, processes, or statements to seeming equivalents that are less complex or developed.
Webster's New World
An attempt or tendency to explain a complex set of facts, entities, phenomena, or structures by another, simpler set.
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Noun

Singular:
reductionism
Plural:
reductionisms

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