Meaning Of The Word Reductionism

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reductionism in American English
any method or theory of reducing data, processes, or statements to seeming equivalents that are less complex or developed
noun: the theory that every complex phenomenon, esp. in biology or psychology, can be explained by analyzing the simplest, most basic physical mechanisms that are in operation during the phenomenon

reductionism in British English
noun: the analysis of complex things, data, etc, into less complex constituents

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