What does oversimplification mean?
Oversimplification means An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand..
Oversimplification
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Meaning
An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand..
Definitions by Sense
- An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
- The process of making such an explanation.
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Antonyms for oversimplification
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- oversimplifications
- over-simplification
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