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- noun An
explanation thatexcludes importantinformation for the sake ofbrevity , or of making the explanation or presentation easy tounderstand . - noun The process of making such an explanation.
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- noun a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
- noun an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
Etymologies
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Examples
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A gross oversimplification is to consider the Web as the train and the Internet the railway system.
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A gross oversimplification is to consider the Web as the train and the Internet the railway system.
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"This oversimplification is inaccurate by half, and its frequent repetition does a great disservice to the city."
Archive 2007-04-01 2007
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The answer can be oversimplified, and an oversimplification is false and misleading.
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The answer can be oversimplified, and an oversimplification is false and misleading.
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What Quindlen refers to as the oversimplification of complex issues, and the "either-or" attitude of Nader and idealistic young people, gave us a Civil Rights Act. Delana S. Heidrich Bonanza, Ore.
Mail Call 2008
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It seemed an oversimplification, which is the same thing you complained about when Nick said editors get you into bookstores.
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The International Monetary Fund's managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, called the deficit target an "oversimplification" of the problem; he said it was more important for individual countries to craft the right economic policies to sustain growth, not blindly cut for the sake of meeting a goal.
President Obama urges G-20 nations to spend; they pledge to halve deficits 2010
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The International Monetary Fund's managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, called the deficit target an "oversimplification" of the problem; he said it was more important for individual countries to craft the right economic policies to sustain growth, not blindly cut for the sake of meeting a goal.
President Obama urges G-20 nations to spend; they pledge to halve deficits 2010
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The International Monetary Fund's managing director, Dominique Strauss-Kahn, called the deficit target an "oversimplification" of the problem; he said it was more important for individual countries to craft the right economic policies to sustain growth, not blindly cut for the sake of meeting a goal.
President Obama urges G-20 nations to spend; they pledge to halve deficits 2010
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