adjective
characterized by or involving reduction; serving to simplify or make something seem less complex or complicated
-
The scientist argued that the reductive approach oversimplified the complexity of the issue.
-
Don't be so reductive in your thinking, there's more to it than that.
-
Stop being so basic, you're being too reductive.
-
Her reductive view of relationships as purely transactional was limiting her ability to connect with others.