OVERSIMPLIFICATION as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • excessive simplification
    • the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation)
    Hypernyms(s) oversimplification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
    Hypernyms(s) oversimplification is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)