reductionism
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1. the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | analysis, analytic thinking, |
definition | : | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations (noun.cognition) |
2. a theory that all complex systems can be completely understood in terms of their components (noun.cognition)
hypernym | : | theory, |
definition | : | a well-substantiated explanation of some aspect of the natural world; an organized system of accepted knowledge that applies in a variety of circumstances to explain a specific set of phenomena (noun.cognition) |
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