Oversimplify Definition

ōvər-sĭmplə-fī
oversimplified, oversimplifies, oversimplifying
verb
To simplify to the point of distortion, as by ignoring essential details.
Webster's New World
To cause distortion or error by extreme simplification of a subject.
American Heritage
To oversimplify is to take a subject and reduce it down to such a simple explanation that some meaning is lost.
When you try to explain a complicated economic concept and you lose such simple terms that you distort the meaning of the economic concept, this is an example of when you oversimplify.
YourDictionary

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.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • over reduce
  • reduce
  • restrict
  • make too simple
  • reduce to an absurdity
  • make too simplistic
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