pseudoreduction

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noun

Something that resembles a reduction but is not a true reduction.

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Meanings

nounpseudoreduction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreductions)

plural pseudoreductions

  1. countableuncountableSomething that resembles a reduction but is not a true reduction.

    In Field's view, Tarski's truth characterization inherits its inadequacy as a reduction from the pseudoreductions that constitute its base clauses. Thus Field's strategy for solving the problem is to provide genuine reductions for the notions of denotation and application, […]

    1999, Scott Soames, Understanding Truth, page 109
  2. countableuncountablebiologyThe period of tetrad formation in nuclear division.

Origin

From pseudo- + reduction.

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APA

pseudoreduction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoreduction

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“pseudoreduction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoreduction. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pseudoreduction,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pseudoreduction.

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