1. We are long past being surprised when complicated and nuanced problems are, amid an electoral whirlwind, turned into reductionist rallying cries. 我们过去一直很惊讶，在选举旋风当中，简化论者会把所有复杂和琐碎的问题都会呼天抢地地吵闹一番。
2. How would a reductionist explain the biosphere, for example? 例如，一个还原主义者会如何解释生物圈呢？
3. This ties in with the reductionist approach and it is also counter-intuitive. 这个与归结主义是一致的，它也是反直觉的。
4. Looking at individual chemicals is reductionist. It is like expecting a tree to grow without its roots. 单独查看每种化学品是简单化的做法，就像期望一棵树在没有根的情况下生长。
5. An abstract, simple, reductionist style with absence of all but basic formal elements and primary colors. (U. s. mid-20th century). 美国20世纪中期兴起的一种艺术流派，其特点是抽象、简单、微缩，即把作品简略到基本抽象成分。
