α. 1800s– simplist Brit. /ˈsɪmplɪst/, U.S. /ˈsɪmplɪst/.
β. 1800s– simpliste.
单词 | simpliste |
释义 | simplisten.adj.α. 1800s– simplist Brit. /ˈsɪmplɪst/, U.S. /ˈsɪmplɪst/. β. 1800s– simpliste. A. n. A person who takes a simplistic or partial view of something; a person who oversimplifies. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > mental attitude, point of view > [noun] > holder of simplified view simpliste1848 1848 Harbinger 21 Oct. 193/4 He [sc. Charles Fourier] is a simplist, and a simplist with regard to the centre of all social science, the human soul. 1918 W. O'Brien Downfall of Parliamentarianism i. 5 The simplest of simplists will now own..that the choice of Ireland in 1890 was not that..choice between vice and virtue..which would make human judgments in great affairs an enviably easy process. 1967 A. Comfort Anxiety Makers vi. 197 These are simplistes, anxious about ritual obligations, unanxious about phenomena which genuinely threaten us with death and racial extinction. 2010 Santa Fe New Mexican (Nexis) 4 June b2 Legislative simplists talk of a 2-percent, across-the-board pay reduction. B. adj. 1. Characterized by a simplistic or partial view of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not complex > excessively simplistic1844 simpliste1913 simplicistic1920 1913 Studies: Irish Q. Rev. 2 837 Mr. Cornford belongs to the simpliste school—the critics who try to open all the wards of history with one master-key. 1926 L. A. Clare tr. L. Lévy-Bruhl How Natives Think 15 Mental processes..comprise more elements of the psychic life than a too ‘simplist’ intellectualism would allow. 1950 T. H. Marshall Citizenship & Social Class 84 The policy, in fact, may not be simpliste at all. 1977 Church Times 13 May 10/2 Shouldn't some kind of theology, even though it's a bit simpliste, come in here. 2012 L. Siedentop in R. Geenens & H. Rosenblatt French Liberalism ii. 22 They ruled out a simpliste distinction between authority and power. 2. Characterized by simplicity; plain, uncomplicated, straightforward. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > plainness > [adjective] > straightforward or direct naked?c1225 platc1385 plaina1393 light?a1400 rounda1450 direct1530 frank1548 evena1573 handsmooth1612 point-blank1648 crude1650 plain-spoken1658 plain-spoke1706 unambiguous1751 plump1789 straightforward1806 plain-said1867 pine-blank1883 straight1894 point-to-point1905 non-ambiguous1924 Wife of Bath1926 simpliste1973 1973 Times 25 Apr. 14/6 The familiar story of the parting of the seas is told directly in Williamson's most simplist vein. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1848 |
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