oversimplification

An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.

Noun

  1. An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
  2. The process of making such an explanation.

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Germanic *uber Old English ofer- Middle English over- English over- English simplification English oversimplification From over- + simplification.

Forms

oversimplifications over-simplification