Reductionism definition

Reductionism

Topics Reductionism Definition

WordNet

(1) The analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

(2) A theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

WiktionaryText

reductionism

an approach to studying complex systems or ideas by reducing them to a set of simpler components
(in philosophy) any of several theories holding that complex systems or ideas can always be reduced to a set of simpler components