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Noun: reductionism  ri'dúk-shu`ni-zum
  1. A theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
     
  2. The analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

Derived forms: reductionisms

See also: reductionist

Type of: analysis, analytic thinking, theory

Encyclopedia: Reductionism

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