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Excessive simplification (to the point of misrepresentation)
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oversimplification
Word definitions for oversimplification in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand. 2 The process of making such an explanation.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also over-simpification , 1835, from over- + simplification .
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. excessive simplification; the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation) a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
Usage examples of oversimplification.
Behind such headline-grabbing oversimplifications lurk some obnoxious assumptions and poor reasoning.
The idea of a monolinear causal sequence is seen to be an artificially restrictive conception, an oversimplification of reality growing out of human egotism.