Home › Words › O › overreductionoverreductionoverreduction means excessive reduction.EtymologyFrom over- + reduction.nounExcessive reductionDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.reducement 70% match — reduction vs overreduction →overreplacement 67% match — The state wherein a substance, having previously been reduced or removed, has been or is being replaced by re-adding it, but overly so, resulting in more of the substance than normal. vs overreduction →overoxidized 66% match — Excessively oxidized vs overreduction →overdeposition 66% match — Excessive deposition vs overreduction →autoreduction 65% match — reduction in the absence of a reducing agent vs overreduction →nonreduction 63% match — Absence of reduction; failure to reduce something. vs overreduction →reductivism 63% match — Extreme simplification; reduction to a minimum; use of the fewest essentials vs overreduction →overrefinement 63% match — Excessive refinement. vs overreduction →