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ˈsimplicist, n. and a.
[f. L. simplic-, simplex (see simple B. 6) + -ist. So older G. simplicist.]
A. n.
†1. One who has a knowledge of medicinal simples; a simplist. Obs. rare.
1594Carew Huarte's Exam. Wits (1596) 176 We behold many Phisitions,..great anotomists and Simplicists. a1615Donne Ess. (1651) 201 As Simplicists which know the venom and peccant quality of every herbe but cannot fit them to Medicin.
2. One who simplifies. rare.
1924Glasgow Herald 24 Mar. 8 Can we ever simplify things again? Can we ever produce that statement of scientific method which will..give us an idea of how to conduct our conduct? I believe the day of the great simplicist is beginning to dawn again.
B. adj. That simplifies; characterized by simplicity, uncomplicated.
1934in Webster. 1949Sun (Baltimore) 19 July 12/2 In the best manner of the simplicist versions of Keynesism, Mr. Nathan insists that the recession through which we are moving is due to the heavy capital formation of the last two years. 1951S. Spender World within World 63 He had a simplicist view of things which did me good. 1979Church Times 5 Oct. 13/3 Even the somewhat simplicist approach is justified by the need and desire to make the argument intelligible.
Hence simpliˈcistic a., characterized by over-simplicity.
1950Archivum Linguisticum II. 142 Streitberg's and Buck's explanations..are both of this simplicistic..type. 1970Nature 7 Nov. 589/2 Attempts to relate simplicistic finite set theory and automata to faculties of mind and the mechanisms of the brain inevitably leads [sic] to such difficulties. |