pseudoreduction

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ reduction

Noun

pseudoreduction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreductions)

1. Something that resembles a reduction but is not a true reduction.
   • 1999, Scott Soames, Understanding Truth, page 109:

     In Field's view, Tarski's truth characterization inherits its inadequacy as a reduction from the pseudoreductions that constitute its base clauses. Thus Field's strategy for solving the problem is to provide genuine reductions for the notions of denotation and application, […]