Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reductionistic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.31 in modern English

Syllables
re-duc-tion-is-tic
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English reductionistic From reductionist + -ic.

Inflected Forms

more reductionistic (comparative) most reductionistic (superlative)

Derived Forms

Questions

What does reductionistic mean?
Of or pertaining to reductionism.
Where does reductionistic 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 Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English reductionistic From reductionist + -ic.

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