reductivism
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reductivism (countable and uncountable, plural reductivisms)
- Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials
- Synonym: minimalism
- (philosophy of mind) The view that mental states can be reduced to physical phenomena.
- Hyponyms: materialism, physicalism
- (art) A minimalist movement in abstract painting and sculpture from the 1950s onwards.
- (music) A minimalist school of music with similar aims.