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a) An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.b) The process of making such an explanation.
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oversimplification — oversimplify ► VERB (oversimplifies, oversimplified) ▪ simplify (something) so much that a distorted impression of it is given. DERIVATIVES oversimplification noun … English terms dictionary
oversimplification — noun see oversimplify … New Collegiate Dictionary
oversimplification — See oversimplify. * * * … Universalium
oversimplification — Synonyms and related words: callowness, coarseness, conceptual crudity, crudeness, crudity, greenness, immatureness, immaturity, nondevelopment, oversimplicity, oversimplifying, rawness, reductionism, reductivism, roughness, rudeness, simplism,… … Moby Thesaurus
oversimplification — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. reduction, too Great a reduction, excessive simplification, simplism; see simplicity … English dictionary for students
oversimplification — n. excessive simplification … English contemporary dictionary
oversimplification — See: oversimplify … English dictionary
oversimplification — noun 1. an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑simplism • Derivationally related forms: ↑oversimplify • Hypernyms: ↑simplification 2. a si … Useful english dictionary
oversimplify — oversimplification, n. /oh veuhr sim pleuh fuy /, v.t., v.i., oversimplified, oversimplifying. to simplify to the point of error, distortion, or misrepresentation. [1920 25; OVER + SIMPLIFY] * * * … Universalium
oversimplify — UK [ˌəʊvə(r)ˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ] / US [ˌoʊvərˈsɪmplɪˌfaɪ] noun [intransitive/transitive] to explain or consider something in a way that makes it seem more simple than it really is Your assessment grossly oversimplifies the problem. Derived words:… … English dictionary
