Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reductivism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-duc-tivism
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A minimalist school of music with similar aims.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English reductive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English reductivism From reductive + -ism.

Usage

Inflected Forms

reductivisms (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

reductionism reductivist

Synonyms

minimalism minimal art

Questions

What does reductivism mean?: Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
Where does reductivism come from?: Etymology tree English reductive Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English reductivism From reductive + -ism.

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