Word: reductionism
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: re
duc
tion
ism
Definition: An approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components.
Morphemes:
Affix: reduction
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: The rewriting of an expression into a simpler form.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: reductio
Language: la
Decoded: reductio
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A restoring, restoration.
Affix: -ism
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form the name of a system, school of thought or theory based on the name of its subject or object or alternatively on the name of its founder ( ).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ισμός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ismos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Forms abstract nouns.