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In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way.
Eric Kandel

Meaning of "reductionism" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF REDUCTIONISM

reductionism  [rɪˈdʌkʃəˌnɪzəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF REDUCTIONISM

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Reductionism is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES REDUCTIONISM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Reductionism

Reductionism is 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. This can be said of objects, phenomena, explanation, theories, and meanings. Reductionism strongly reflects a certain perspective on causality. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena, are called epiphenomena. Often there is an implication that the epiphenomenon exerts no causal agency on the fundamental phenomena that explain it. Reductionism does not preclude the existence of what might be called emergent phenomena, but it does imply the ability to understand those phenomena completely in terms of the processes from which they are composed. This reductionist understanding is very different from that usually implied by the term 'emergence', which typically intends that what emerges is more than the sum of the processes from which it emerges. Religious reductionism generally attempts to explain religion by boiling it down to certain nonreligious causes.

Definition of reductionism in the English dictionary

The definition of reductionism in the dictionary is the analysis of complex things, data, etc, into less complex constituents. Other definition of reductionism is any theory or method that holds that a complex idea, system, etc, can be completely understood in terms of its simpler parts or components.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH REDUCTIONISM


Anglicanism
ˈæŋɡlɪkəˌnɪzəm
antagonism
ænˈtæɡəˌnɪzəm
creationism
kriːˈeɪʃəˌnɪzəm
exhibitionism
ˌɛksɪˈbɪʃəˌnɪzəm
expansionism
ɪkˈspænʃəˌnɪzəm
expressionism
ɪkˈsprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
hedonism
ˈhiːdəˌnɪzəm
humanism
ˈhjuːməˌnɪzəm
humanitarianism
hjuːˌmænɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
impressionism
ɪmˈprɛʃəˌnɪzəm
isolationism
ˌaɪsəˈleɪʃəˌnɪzəm
mechanism
ˈmɛkəˌnɪzəm
microorganism
ˌmaɪkrəʊˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
modernism
ˈmɒdəˌnɪzəm
organism
ˈɔːɡəˌnɪzəm
Satanism
ˈseɪtəˌnɪzəm
shamanism
ˈʃæməˌnɪzəm
urbanism
ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm
vegetarianism
ˌvɛdʒɪˈtɛərɪəˌnɪzəm
Zionism
ˈzaɪəˌnɪzəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE REDUCTIONISM

reducer
reducibility
reducible
reducibleness
reducibly
reducing agent
reducing glass
reductant
reductase
reductio ad absurdum
reduction
reduction division
reduction formula
reductional
reductionist
reductionistic
reductive
reductively
reductiveness
reductor

WORDS THAT END LIKE REDUCTIONISM

abolitionism
abstract expressionism
aldosteronism
anachronism
connectionism
constructionism
evolutionism
feminism
interactionism
interventionism
monism
Mormonism
obstructionism
Parkinsonism
perfectionism
protectionism
revisionism
synchronism
tectonism
trade unionism
unionism

Synonyms and antonyms of reductionism in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «reductionism» into 25 languages

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The translations of reductionism from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «reductionism» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

还原
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

reduccionismo
570 millions of speakers

English

reductionism
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

reductionism
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الاختزالية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

редукционизм
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

reducionismo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

খণ্ডতাবাদ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réductionnisme
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengurangan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Reduktionismus
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

還元主義
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

환원
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Reduksi
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

giản
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறைத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कपात करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

indirgemecilik
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

riduzionismo
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

redukcjonizm
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

редукционизм
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

reductionism
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αναγωγισμό
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

reduksionisme
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

reduktionism
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

reduksjonisme
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of reductionism

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «REDUCTIONISM»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about reductionism

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2 QUOTES WITH «REDUCTIONISM»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word reductionism.
1
Eric Kandel
In art, as in science, reductionism does not trivialize our perception - of color, light, and perspective - but allows us to see each of these components in a new way.
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Azar Nafisi
I see people who talk about America, and then undermine it by not paying attention to its soul, to its poetry. I see polarization, reductionism and superficiality.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «REDUCTIONISM»

Discover the use of reductionism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to reductionism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Reductionism: Analysis and the Fullness of Reality
Reductionism's approach brings together many of the most interesting questions today in philosophy (consciousness and computers) and in science (issues of complexity and self-organization).
Richard H. Jones, 2000
2
Darwinian Reductionism: Or, How to Stop Worrying and Love ...
With clarity and wit, Darwinian Reductionism navigates this difficult and seemingly intractable dualism with convincing analysis and timely evidence. In the spirit of the few distinguished biologists who accept reductionism—E.
Alexander Rosenberg, 2008
3
Legal Reductionism and Freedom
The book is accessible to a wide readership, including legal and moral philosophers, political theorists and social scientists.
Martin Van Hees, 2001
4
Genetics and Reductionism
But what does it really mean to call something 'genetic'? This is the fundamental question that Sahotra Sarkar's book addresses. The author analyses the nature of reductionism in classical and molecular genetics.
Sahotra Sarkar, 1998
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Religion and Reductionism: Essays on Eliade, Segal, and the ...
This volume focuses on the writings of Robert A. Segal and his defense of reductionism and criticism of Mircea Eliade's non-reductive interpretation of religion.
Thomas A. Idinopulos, Edward A. Yonan, 1994
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Beyond Determinism and Reductionism: Genetic Science and the ...
This new volume in ATF Press's Science and Theology series assesses the impact of genetic science and stem cell research on the Christian understanding of the human person.
Mark Chan, Roland Chia, 2003
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Beyond Reductionism: Gateways for Learning and Change
Actual project designs, experiences, techniques and results are described in the book within an overall framework that emphasizes the roles and interconnectedness of individuals, leaders, and groups, all operating within the overlay of ...
Neil Douglas, Terry Wykowski, 1999
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Promises and Limits of Reductionism in the Biomedical Sciences
This book has an excellent balance between contributions from scientists and philosophers of science.
Marc H. V. Van Regenmortel, David L. Hull, 2003
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Semiological Reductionism: A Critique of the ...
This critical interpretation shows Derridian thought to be permeated by a semiology that reduces all meaning to the signification of signs thus challenging the philosophy of deconstruction at its roots.
Martin C. Dillon, 1995
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Questioning Nineteenth-Century Assumptions about Knowledge, ...
A provocative survey of interdisciplinary challenges to the concept of reductionism.
Richard E. Lee, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «REDUCTIONISM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term reductionism is used in the context of the following news items.
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David Tracy's Plea for Avoiding Reductionism when Interpreting …
These conflicting reductionist procedures are temptations that in a hundred forms beset every interpreter of religion. Hiding within all of them are some secret ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
2
The OmniCarb Trial: Reductionism, Revelations and Resolutions
But look just a bit deeper and it becomes something far more propitious: an invitation to resolve beyond reductionism, just in time for the New Year. The timing is ... «U.S. News & World Report, Dec 14»
3
Addiction as “learning disorder” asserts unfair reductionism
Addiction as “learning disorder” asserts unfair reductionism. Devon Brichetto, Opinions Contributor October 27, 2014 • 1,098 views. Maia Szalavitz, columnist ... «Manitou Messenger, Oct 14»
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Enough of racial reductionism and denialism
On one end is racial reductionism, on the other racial denialism. Both are dangerous, the onus is on South Africans to find ways to think and talk about race ... «BDlive, Sep 14»
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Peyton Manning and Andrew Luck Plagued by Reductionism
DENVER — Oh, God, he failed again. Andrew Luck, the superstar-almost quarterback for the Indianapolis Colts, faced Peyton Manning, the Old Man River of ... «New York Times, Sep 14»
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Love's power, unbound by psychological reductionism
But this moment makes me think there is more to love than pop psychological reductionism. What if real love really knows us? All of us? Even our gripping ... «Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sep 14»
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Connecting the Digital Dots From Elliot Rodger to Alyssa Funke …
But reductionism to lone alleged causes doesn't get us very far and neither does simply adopting a simplistic viewpoint and embracing it through tweets. «Huffington Post, May 14»
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Brave Tommies and dim earls — Oh What a Lovely War is hoity-toity …
This kind of hoity-toity reductionism does nobody any favours. Site-specific theatre is the revenge of actors on audiences. Experimental troupes like to hire ... «Spectator.co.uk, Feb 14»
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How Does The World Work: Top-Down or Bottom-Up?
This idea — often called reductionism — tells us that all causes flow from the bottom to the top. Bottom-up causation says that, given an inventory of the smallest ... «NPR, Sep 13»
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More Is Different: Nature's Unruly Complexity
According to reductionism, every system, no matter how complex, can be understood in terms of the behavior of its basic constituents. The focus is on the bottom ... «NPR, Jul 13»

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