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Definition of Oversimplify
1. Verb. Simplify to an excessive degree. "Don't oversimplify the problem"
2. Verb. Make too simple. "Don't oversimplify the instructions"
Definition of Oversimplify
1. Verb. To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oversimplify
1. [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oversimplify
Literary usage of Oversimplify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Meta-Analysis of Drug Abuse Prevention Programs edited by William J. Bukoski (1998)
"Early meta-analyses that studied effect size variation often defined their
constructs broadly and thus appeared to oversimplify the reviewed literature ..."
2. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1921)
"... naturalism sought to oversimplify by reduction, and we shall try to indicate
the historical reasons for this mistake. Probably they reduce to two : the ..."
3. The Great Society: A Psychological Analysis by Graham Wallas (1914)
"Mr. McDougall, therefore, seems to me to oversimplify a complex body of fact
when, in spite of his denial of a general instinct of Imitation, he affirms the ..."
4. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"Current definitions of race/ethnicity oversimplify a complex set of personal,
social, and biological attributes. Generally, race is socially defined and is ..."
5. Aviation Safety: Congressional Hearing edited by Slade Gorton (2000)
"Further, there exists a substantial risk of misunderstanding from any effort to
oversimplify these very complex operational programs. ..."
6. The Table Talk of John Selden by John Selden, Richard Milward (1892)
"may oversimplify the issues by identifying Stalin's regime with democracy and
communism. It can scarcely be taken to be favorable to fascism. ..."
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