reductionism

名词 reductionism:

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

re.duc.tion.ism

n.（名词）
An attempt or a tendency to explain complex phenomena or structures by relatively simple principles, as by asserting that life processes or mental acts are instances of chemical and physical laws:
简化论：用相对简单的原理解释复杂现象或结构的企图或趋势，这种理论认为生命过程或思维活动是遵循物理和化学法则的：
例句：
.Our educational system has had a dangerous predilection for reductionism—an addiction to the primary, the elementary.(Frederick Turner)
.我们的教育体系向执迷于原始的、基础的简化论进行危险的导向.(弗雷德里克·特纳)

【引伸】
reduc.tionist
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n.（名词）
reduc.tionis.tic
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