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reductionist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables
re-duc-tion-ist
IPA
15
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to reductionism.

noun

An advocate of reductionism.

Etymology

Etymology tree English reduction Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English reductionist From reduction + -ist.

Inflected Forms

more reductionist (comparative) most reductionist (superlative) reductionists (plural)

Derived Forms

antireductionist nonreductionist reductionistic

Frequently Paired Words

reductive reductivist

Questions

What does reductionist mean?
Of, or relating to reductionism.
Where does reductionist come from?
Etymology tree English reduction Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English reductionist From reduction + -ist.

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