Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reductiveness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-duc-tive-ness
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

4

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The quality of being reductive, of reducing things to their components

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There is danger in trying too cleanly to diagram the roots of Hedda’s pathology. That way lies reductiveness."

Etymology

Etymology tree English reductive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English reductiveness From reductive + -ness.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

reductivenesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

reductionism reductivity reductively

Questions

What does reductiveness mean?: The quality of being reductive, of reducing things to their components
Where does reductiveness come from?: Etymology tree English reductive Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English reductiveness From reductive + -ness.

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