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reductionism

reductionism noun: an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.

Noun

reductionism (countable and uncountable, plural reductionisms)

  1. An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
  2. A philosophical position which holds that a complex system is nothing but the sum of its parts, and that an account of it can be reduced to accounts of individual constituents. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena".

reductionism meaning in Bengali and Indonesian

reductionism in Bengali

একটি অল্পায়নবাদী কাঠামোর মধ্যে

reductionism in Indonesian

approach of studying complex systems
reduksionisme
(philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components
reduksionisme

Forms of reductionism

pluralreductionisms

Origin of reductionism

From reduction + -ism.

Words formed from reductionism

Questions about reductionism

What does reductionism mean?
Reductionism means an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
What is reductionism in Bengali?
Reductionism in Bengali is একটি অল্পায়নবাদী কাঠামোর মধ্যে. See Reductionism meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is reductionism?
Reductionism is a noun.
What is the plural of reductionism?
The plural of reductionism is reductionisms.

Words near reductionism in the dictionary

  1. reduction set
  2. reduction sets
  3. reduction to the absurd
  4. reductional
  5. reductionally
  6. reductionism
  7. reductionisms
  8. reductionist
  9. reductionistic
  10. reductionistically
  11. reductionists

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