reductive

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/

Adjective

Scotland archaic historical

Japanese Meaning

（スコットランド法において、現在は使用例が少ない）法令などの削減や取消しに関する / 物質や量が物理的に縮小・減少する原因となるさま

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The court considered whether the decree was subject to a reductive action under old Scottish law.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

裁判所は、その勅令が古いスコットランド法の下で取り消しの対象になるかどうかを検討した。

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Sense（1）

(Scotland law, now rare) Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.

Sense（2）

Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.

Sense（3）

(chemistry, metallurgy, biology) That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.

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Sense（4）

(now rare, historical) That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.

But then beside the primary and direct sense of the text, the ancients commonly supposed that there was a reductive or anagogical meaning, in which it might be taken.

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Sense（5）

(now frequently derogatory) That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

more reductive

（ comparative ）

most reductive

（ superlative ）

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