Oversimplification (Noun)
Meaning 1
An act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is.
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Nouns denoting acts or actions.
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Meaning 2
A simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation).
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- The claim that eating a specific superfood will cure all diseases is a blatant oversimplification of the complex relationships between nutrition and health.
- His suggestion that we just need to work harder to succeed in business was an oversimplification of the many challenges entrepreneurs face in a competitive market.
- Reducing a century's worth of complex historical events to a single simplistic cause is a glaring oversimplification of the actual factors involved.
- Saying that every environmental issue can be solved by just using recyclable products is an oversimplification that ignores the complexity of modern sustainability.
- By boiling down a patient's diagnosis to a single statistic or label, some doctors are guilty of making an oversimplification that doesn't fully account for individual experiences and variations.