Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reductivist

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: re-duc-tivist
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who follows the methods of reductivism; a minimalist.

adj

Tending to reduce to a minimum or to simplify in an extreme way.

adj

Belonging to the reductivism movement in art or music.

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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English reductivist From reductive + -ist.

Inflected Forms

reductivists (plural) more reductivist (comparative) most reductivist (superlative)

Frequently Paired Words

reductionism reductionist

Questions

What does reductivist mean?: One who follows the methods of reductivism; a minimalist.
Where does reductivist 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-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English reductivist From reductive + -ist.

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