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Discover LudwigThe phrase "are reductive" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that simplifies or diminishes the complexity of a subject or idea.
Example: "The arguments presented in the article are reductive and fail to capture the nuances of the issue."
Alternatives: "are oversimplifying" or "are simplistic".
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are reductive
adjective
Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
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Such labels are reductive.
Both responses are reductive and unfair.
It's always the same: lists are reductive, phony, anti-art.
Bazelon accurately avers that such generalizations are reductive.
But then all life stories, as opposed to actual lives, are reductive.
The best answer Garber gives is that such readings are reductive.
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O.K., that's reductive.
But that would be reductive.
Ultimately, his point, too, is reductive.
This, says Duncan Macmillan, is reductive for everyone.
Glazer was flattered but also admitted the parallel was "reductive".
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