noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   One who gathers medicinal herbs; one who simples. archaic
2. 2
   A proponent of simplism.

   "The chief simplist, Donald Trump, speaks at the level of a fourth-grader."

Synonyms

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simplersimpler

Example

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"The chief simplist, Donald Trump, speaks at the level of a fourth-grader."

Etymology

From simple + -ist.

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