'Reductive' definitions:

Definition of 'reductive'

From: WordNet
adjective
Characterized by or causing diminution or curtailment; "their views of life were reductive and depreciatory" - R.H.Rovere

Definition of 'Reductive'

From: GCIDE
  • Reductive \Re*duc"tive\ (-t?v), a. [Cf. F. r['e]ductif.] Tending to reduce; having the power or effect of reducing. -- n. A reductive agent. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]