# reductive

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɹɪˈdʌktɪv/ · frequency rank #39,523

## Definitions
1. Pertaining to the reduction of a decree etc.; rescissory.
2. Causing the physical reduction or diminution of something.
3. That reduces a substance etc. to a more simple or basic form.
4. That can be derived from, or referred back to, something else.
5. That reduces an argument, issue etc. to its most basic terms; simplistic, reductionist.

## Etymology
From Middle French réductif, from Late Latin reductivus, from the participle stem of Latin reducere (“to reduce”).

## Easily confused with
- **reactive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reactive-vs-reductive)
- **reduction** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reduction-vs-reductive)
- **reductase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/reductase-vs-reductive)

## Common misspellings (13)
`erductive`, `rdeuctive`, `redcutive`, `redductive`, `reducctive`, `reducitve`, `reductiev`, `reductivve`, `reducttive`, `reductvie`, `redutcive`, `reudctive`, `rreductive`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/reductive