reductionist

1. 1.

   of or relating to the theory of reductionism

   “reductionist arguments”

Questions about reductionist

What does reductionist mean?

reductionist means "of or relating to the theory of reductionism".

How many syllables are in reductionist?

reductionist has 5 syllables and divides as re-duc-ti-o-nist under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is reductionist a common word?

reductionist is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.