reductionism
noun
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Sense 1 noun
a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components
Types & categories
- theory hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents
Types & categories
- analytic thinking hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
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| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | theory |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | analytic thinking |