reductionism

英 [rɪ'dʌkʃənɪzəm] 美 [rɪ'dʌkʃənɪzəm]

• n. 还原论；简化论

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 简化论
2. 还原论
3. 简化法
4. 归纳主义
5. 还元主义
6. 复原论
7. 归纳论

英英释义

Noun:

1. a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components

2. the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. Reductionism takes two general forms in biology.
   生物学中的简化论表现为两大形式。

经典引文

• Psychiatric diagnosis is often depicted as a sterile exercise in reductionism.

  出自： A. Clare