名詞 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.（名詞）
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:
簡化論：用相對簡單的原理解釋復(fù)雜現(xiàn)象或結(jié)構(gòu)的企圖或趨勢，這種理論認為生命過程或思維活動是遵循物理和化學(xué)法則的：
例句：
.Our educational system has had a dangerous predilection for reductionism—an addiction to the primary, the elementary.(Frederick Turner)
.我們的教育體系向執(zhí)迷于原始的、基礎(chǔ)的簡化論進行危險的導(dǎo)向.(弗雷德里克·特納)

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reduc.tionist
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n.（名詞）
reduc.tionis.tic
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