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Oversimplification

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of making such an explanation. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    an explanation that simplifies too far to the point of misrepresentation wordnet

Etymology

From over- + simplification.

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