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" (41 found)
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16 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- опростенчески adj (overly simple)
Catalan
1 entries- simplista adj (overly simple)
Dutch
1 entries- simplistisch adj (overly simple)
Finnish
2 entries- simplistinen adj (overly simple)
- yliyksinkertaistettu adj (overly simple)
French
1 entries- simpliste adj (overly simple)
Galician
1 entries- simplista adj (overly simple)
German
2 entries- simplistisch adj (overly simple)
- stark vereinfacht adj (overly simple)
Hebrew
1 entries- פשטני adj (overly simple)
Italian
3 entries- semplicista adj (overly simple)
- semplicistica adj (overly simple)
- semplicistico adj (overly simple)
Portuguese
2 entries- simplicista adj (overly simple)
- simplista adj (overly simple)
Spanish
1 entries- simplista adj (overly simple)
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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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