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Reductionism Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ism

Reductionism has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

2

the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

3

An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.

See Also
emergentism antireductionistic reductionist reductionistic component holist complex holism
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
theory analysis
Rhyming Words
ism oism jism wuism agism meism prism yoism quism reism weism tuism ovism idism grism deism seism icism zoism owlism
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