reductive

1. 1.

   characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment

   “their views of life were reductive and depreciatory”

   Similarsubtractive

Questions about reductive

What does reductive mean?

reductive means "characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment".

How many syllables are in reductive?

reductive has 3 syllables and divides as re-duc-tive 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 reductive a common word?

reductive is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.