Irreducibly
adverb
In a way that cannot be made simpler or broken into smaller parts.
The problem is irreducibly complex, it cannot be simplified further.
Often appears as...
- irreducibly complex
- irreducibly simple
Usage tips
Academic
adverb
In a way that cannot be made simpler or broken into smaller parts.
The problem is irreducibly complex, it cannot be simplified further.
Often appears as...
- irreducibly complex
- irreducibly simple
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Not Simplifiable
Use 'irreducibly' to stress that something cannot be made any simpler.
The physicist clarified that the equation was irreducibly complex.
Pro Tip 2/3Academic Tone
'Irreducibly' is often used in formal or academic contexts to describe complex ideas.
The concept of consciousness remains irreducibly mysterious in cognitive studies.
Pro Tip 3/3Unique Characteristics
Describe something's unique and essential features that cannot be further reduced.
Her style of writing is irreducibly unique, making her novels stand out.
Compare with
essentialfundamentindubitablyinherentnecessarily
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Computing a theory of...
in the computational universe before you start finding candidate universes that aren't obviously not our universe. Here's the Any serious candidate for our universe is inevitably full of computational irreducibility. Which means that it is irreducibly difficult
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Computing a theory of...
in the computational universe before you start finding candidate universes that aren't obviously not our universe. Here's the Any serious candidate for our universe is inevitably full of computational irreducibility. Which means that it is irreducibly difficult
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Quote examples
Andre Aciman
American Writer
Don't all writers have a hidden nerve, call it a secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it tick and turn this way or that, and identifies them, like a signature, though it lurks far deeper than their style, or their voice or other telltale antics?
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Michael Behe
American Scientist
By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.
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Michael Behe
American Scientist
Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.
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Ken Liu
American Writer
For me, all fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over reality, which is irreducibly random and senseless.
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Andre Aciman
American Writer
Don't all writers have a hidden nerve, call it a secret chamber, something irreducibly theirs, which stirs their prose and makes it tick and turn this way or that, and identifies them, like a signature, though it lurks far deeper than their style, or their voice or other telltale antics?
Quote examples
Michael Behe
American Scientist
By irreducibly complex I mean a single system composed of several well-matched, interacting parts that contribute to the basic function, wherein the removal of any one of the parts causes the system to effectively cease functioning.
Quote examples
Michael Behe
American Scientist
Since natural selection requires a function to select, an irreducibly complex biological system, if there is such a thing, would have to arise as an integrated unit for natural selection to have anything to act on.
Quote examples
Ken Liu
American Writer
For me, all fiction is about prizing the logic of metaphors - which is the logic of narratives in general - over reality, which is irreducibly random and senseless.
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