oversimplicity
Too much streamlining
Oversimplicity is the quality of being too simple—lacking the nuance or complexity a subject requires.
The term often appears in criticism: The oversimplicity of the model fails to account for real-world variables.
Where simplicity is usually a virtue, oversimplicity suggests something has been reduced past the point of usefulness.
Fixed oversimplified notion
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- overgeneralizationUnwarranted broad application
- broad-brushGeneral, not detailed
- blanketSoft bed covering
sweeping · caricature · homogenization · platitude · assumption · misconception · bias · prejudice
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
- unsophisticationLack of worldly experience
unworldliness · inexperience · childishness · artlessness · ingenuousness · guilelessness · trustfulness · impressionability
Doctrine of fixed natures
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- atomismDiscrete particles compose everything
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
- Occam's razorPrefer simplest sufficient explanation
mechanism · distillation · condensation · abstraction · schematization · formulaic · cookie-cutter · one-size-fits-all
In simplest possible form
- primitiveIn earliest form
- bare-bonesReduced to essentials
- roughUneven in surface
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
crude · blunt · coarse · sketchy · half-baked · underdeveloped · incomplete · clumsy
stereotype
Fixed oversimplified notion
- clichéOverused, unoriginal expression
- overgeneralizationUnwarranted broad application
- broad-brushGeneral, not detailed
blanket · sweeping · caricature · homogenization · platitude · assumption · misconception · bias · prejudice · pigeonholing
gullibility
Ease of being deceived
- credulityUncritical acceptance of claims
- innocenceFreedom from wrongdoing
- ignoranceAbsence of knowledge
unsophistication · unworldliness · inexperience · childishness · artlessness · ingenuousness · guilelessness · trustfulness · impressionability · greenness
essentialism
Doctrine of fixed natures
- parsimonyExcessive frugality with resources
- atomismDiscrete particles compose everything
- determinismDoctrine of causal necessity
Occam's razor · mechanism · distillation · condensation · abstraction · schematization · formulaic · cookie-cutter · one-size-fits-all
rudimentary
In simplest possible form
- primitiveIn earliest form
- bare-bonesReduced to essentials
- roughUneven in surface
unrefined · crude · blunt · coarse · sketchy · half-baked · underdeveloped · incomplete · clumsy · amateurish
oversimplicitycomplexity
State of being complicated
nuance · intricacy · elaboration · complication · convolution
oversimplicityrigor
Strict, thorough precision
due diligence · thoroughness · comprehensiveness · depth · exhaustiveness
oversimplicitysophistication
Cultured elegance and complexity
worldliness · refinement · discernment · erudition · astuteness
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