reductive

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The reductive strategy so nearly secured successive World Cup finals - but often proved soporific for supporters.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

“I think the most reductive view of Guiteau is ‘chaotic evil,’ right?

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 6, 2025

Mr. Persico’s erudite account is at times reductive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

Whether the videos are anti-AA or pro-AA, many are full of misinformation, reductive characterizations, evangelism, rage bait, and wannabe spiritual gurus.

From Slate • Sep. 10, 2025

I know only that I will never see him again, and that anything I can say or offer by way of his present life might well be taken as reductive and suspect.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee