reductionism
C1CEFR level
65/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister
General noun
The view that complex phenomena can be fully explained by reference to their simpler constituent parts.
Critics accuse strict reductionism of explaining away the mind rather than truly explaining it.
Business noun
An analytical approach that explains a complex system by breaking it down into its simplest constituent parts.
Critics of the model accused it of reductionism for ignoring how the business units interacted with one another.
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