reductivism
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
- reductivist noun
Etymology
Origin of reductivism
Example Sentences
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Seeing Kelly’s radical reductivism on such a grand scale was a provocation, one that redirected her trajectory.
From New York Times • May 10, 2024
Roston himself acknowledges the reductivism he’s engaged in when he writes, “I imagine reducing his book to a clinical diagnosis or, perhaps worse, putting it in the self-help category, would make Vonnegut shudder.”
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2022
In place of reductivism, she championed art that replenished painting with inwardness, subjectivity and lush brushwork.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 27, 2020
There had to be a happier way to live, a comfort zone somewhere between recherché reductivism and A&E’s “Hoarders.”
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2018
Moonlight eschews this reductivism entirely, brilliantly portraying in a lyrical story how love and connection attempt to take hold.
From The Guardian • Oct. 29, 2016
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