When Einstein said, "Things should be as simple as possible--but no simpler," he meant "Simpler is better--but only to the edge of simplistic."
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Simplistic
/sɪmˈplɪstɪk/
Synonyms for "simplistic" (75 found)
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Adjective(7 words)
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Adjective(9 words)
Noun(8 words)
manicheemath 101naive greedy methodoversimplifyingpopulistreductionistreductionist approachreductionist stance
Determiner(1 words)
one dimensional planning
Related words (37)
Noun(1 words)
reductionist view
reductionisticreductiveroughroughcastroughhewnruderudimentalrudimentarystuntedunblownuncultivateduncultureduncutunderdevelopedundevelopedunfashionedunfinishedunformedunhewnunlabored
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Adjective(9 words)
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6 entriessimplistic approachsimplistic assumptionsimplistic critiquesimplistic explanationsimplistic modelsimplistic reading
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16 total sentences available.
Recently "simplistic" is being used more and more often as a substitute for "simple." Such solecisms--presumably driven by a desire to appear learned--impoverish the language.
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Now that was a simplistic answer.
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When you analyse what he says, it seems somewhat naïve and simplistic.
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