reductivePronunciation: /rɪˈdʌktɪv/Definition of reductive adjective 1tending to present a subject or problem in a simplified form, especially one viewed as crude:such a conclusion by itself would be reductive (with reference to art) minimal:he combines his reductive abstract shapes with a rippled surface 2relating to chemical reduction: the reductive elimination of acetyl iodideDerivatives reductively adverb reductiveness noun reductive in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of reductive in the US English dictionary
