oversimplification

[ UK /ˌə‍ʊvəsˌɪmplɪfɪkˈe‍ɪʃən/ ]
[ US /oʊvɝˈsɪmpɫɪfɪˌkeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
  2. an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
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How To Use oversimplification In A Sentence

  • Oversimplification, misdescription and political posturing bring such assessment into disrepute. Times, Sunday Times
  • In trying to characterize these roles, it is not easy to avoid oversimplification.
  • Calling it a gearbox is a vast oversimplification. PA Pundits - International
  • Unhappily, the argument rides on the back of some startling oversimplifications, exaggerations and elisions.
  • But, Trimborn writes, despite such arguments, it would be an oversimplification to consider the mountain films exclusively as prefascist creations, as this does not take into consideration the complex roots of the genre, including the literature of Romanticism, the alpinist movement, and the nature cult of the early twentieth century. GreenCine Daily
  • There is an old saying that "we are what we eat". Obviously this is an oversimplification.
  • I think just saying Hitler was a nutter is an oversimplification - it makes the most sense to think of him as a talented amateur who tried to micromanage. Cheeseburger Gothic » A Sweet Jane alt-hist challenge!
  • But the phrase injected an expectation of immediate gratification that is unrealistic and an oversimplification of what is at stake in our schools. The Memphis Daily News
  • In particular, the notion that climate is one dimensional which is to say that it is totally described by some fictitious global mean temperature and some single gross forcing a la increased CO2 is grotesque in its oversimplification. Undefined
  • This schematic is fun to play around with, but fundamentally it’s an oversimplification of the ideological issues and involves abstract away from all questions of practicality. Matthew Yglesias » Mead: Obama Doomed to Fail for Refusing to Fit My Arbitrary Classification Scheme
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