oversimplifyingn.
/ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsɪmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/ The action of oversimplify v.; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > easiness > [noun] > making easy > freeing from complexity > to excess
simplism1840
oversimplification1878
nothing-but-ism1935
oversimplifying1939
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [noun] > excessively
oversimplification1878
oversimplifying1939
1939 E. G. Williamson How to counsel Students xii. 290 Such a change does not necessarily involve an oversimplifying of the curriculum.
1976 Listener 28 Oct. 550/1 Magnus Pyke..has been accused..of ‘popularising’ his subject, of oversimplifying.
2002 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 10 Nov. vii. 11/1 Andrei Tarkovsky, in a nation straddling two continents and savaged by revolution and war, is certain to run into accusations of oversimplifying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
oversimplifyingadj.
/ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˌoʊvərˈsɪmpləˌfaɪɪŋ/ That simplifies excessively.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [adjective] > excessively
oversimplifying1928
1928 A. Gesell Infancy & Human Growth i. 21 The literature of the pedagogy of the child mind is full of expressions which are borrowed from horticulture. But after all the tree is an oversimplifying analogy.
1963 Times 21 Jan. 9/2 These two stubborn, oversimplifying old men.
2002 Slate Mag. (Nexis) 12 Nov. (Politics section) The folks may not be up on the vagaries of prescription drug plans, but they can sniff out oversimplifying phonies.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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