reductive

Etymology
From, from , from the participle stem of.

Adjective

 * 1)  Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
 * 2) Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
 * 3)  That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
 * 4)  That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
 * 5)  That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
 * 1)  That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
 * 2)  That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.
 * 1)  That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.