reductionism

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Synonyms: reductionist, reductivism, rejectionism, seductionist, reactionism, reductions, reductionists, reductionisms

Antonyms: reductionist, reductivism, rejectionism, seductionist, reactionism, reductions, reductionists, reductionisms

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Noun

1. An approach to studying [[complex]] systems or ideas by [[reducing]] them to a set of simpler [[component]]s.
2. {{lb|en|philosophy}} 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. In a reductionist framework, the phenomena that can be explained completely in terms of relations between other more fundamental phenomena are called "epiphenomena".

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