单词 | oversimplification |
释义 | oversimplificationn. The action of oversimplifying something; an instance of this; a representation, explanation, etc., which has been simplified too much. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > making easy > freeing from complexity > to excess simplism1840 oversimplification1878 nothing-but-ism1935 oversimplifying1939 the world > relative properties > wholeness > state or quality of being simple, unmixed, or uncompounded > [noun] > action of simplifying > to excess simplism1840 oversimplification1878 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [noun] > excessively oversimplification1878 oversimplifying1939 1878 Mind 26 It is by an over-simplification of the system that these elements are singled out from the whole mass of it. 1930 R. A. Fisher Genetical Theory Nat. Selection 42 It is a patent oversimplification to assert that the environment determines the numbers of each sort of organism that it will support. 1934 Discovery Dec. 339/2 The danger of over-simplification of exceedingly complex problems. 1958 ‘P. Bryant’ Two Hours to Doom 91 ‘Since the war a dozen countries have gone Communist.’.. ‘I realise that. But I think it's an over-simplification of the issue.’ 1997 W. Dalrymple From Holy Mountain (1998) iv. 217 It's a ridiculous oversimplification—in fact a total misunderstanding—to see the war as a simple Christian-Muslim struggle. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1878 |
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