Synonyms for "reductionism" (9 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(1 words)

barbarianism

coarseness

Strong matches (3)

cruditygreennessimmaturity

Related words (4)

oversimplificationroughnessrudenessunfinish

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

3 entries

analysisanalytic thinkingtheory

Related terms

3 entries

holismreductionistreductivism

derived

3 entries

antireductionismneuroreductionismnonreductionism

derived from

1 entries

reduction

has context

1 entries

philosophy

is a

2 entries

analysistheory

related to

5 entries

complexcomponentholismreducingreductionist

Translations

11 translations across 7 languages.

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Armenian

1 entries

• ռեդուկցիոնիզմ noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

• 還原論 /还原论 noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

Czech

1 entries

• redukcionismus noun (approach of studying complex systems)

Finnish

2 entries

• reduktionismi noun (approach of studying complex systems)
• reduktionismi noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

French

2 entries

• réductionnisme noun (approach of studying complex systems)
• réductionnisme noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

Indonesian

2 entries

• reduksionisme noun (approach of studying complex systems)
• reduksionisme noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

Turkish

2 entries

• indirgemecilik noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)
• redüksiyonizm noun ((philosophy) theory holding that complex systems can be reduced to simpler components)

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