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Definition of reductive for English Language Learners. : dealing with or describing something complicated in a simple or too simple way.
With this reductive appositive dismissal of subjectivity, Pater suddenly attempts to separate the capricious and uncharacteristic elements of the personal style from the reasoned, absolutely sincere, and real elements, which will later be (Pater says) recognisable by the sensitive (36).