re·duc·tion·ism
n 1 : the attempt to explain all biological processes by the same explanations (as by physical laws) that chemists and physicists use to interpret inanimate matter : also : the theory that complete reductionism is possible 2 : a procedure or theory that reduces complex data or phenomena to simple terms re*duc*tion*ist or re*duc*tion*is*tic adj
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