pseudoreduction

English

Etymology

pseudo- +‎ reduction

Noun

pseudoreduction (countable and uncountable, plural pseudoreductions)

  1. Something that resembles a reduction but is not a true reduction.
    • 1999, Scott Soames, Understanding Truth, page 109:
      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, […]
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