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sɪmˈplɪs tɪksim·plis·tic

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. simplisticadjective

    characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity

    "a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic arguments of the ruling party"

Wiktionary

  1. simplisticadjective

    Overly simple.

  2. simplisticadjective

    In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important details are overlooked.

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  1. simplistic

    Simplistic refers to something that has been simplified to such an extent that it is oversimplified or characterized by extreme or excessive simplicity. It often implies a lack of depth, nuance, complexity, or thorough understanding.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Simplisticadjective

    of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of simplistic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of simplistic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of simplistic in a Sentence

  1. Myron Cohen:

    The degree of cross-protection from Delta and Omicron is not very well-known yet, it's a complicated answer generally, but for a simplistic one, the answer is, having natural infection provides some immunity and probably provides some cross-immunity, but the magnitude of the cross-immunity is not known.

  2. Keisha Ray:

    It sounds nice to say we're going to aid others, but its simplistic, because some governments are corrupt.

  3. President Barack Obama:

    I'm pretty confident that the overwhelming majority of Americans are looking for the kind of politics that does feed our hopes and not our fears, that does work together and doesn't try to divide us, that isn't looking for simplistic solutions and scapegoating.

  4. Neal Kassell:

    In a simplistic sense, you can imagine that there’s a bunch of abnormal neurons in this one target that are firing away uncontrollably, causing the tremor, the shaking.

  5. Nadine Gordimer:

    Art is on the side of the oppressed. Think before you shudder at the simplistic dictum and its heretical definition of the freedom of art. For if art is freedom of the spirit, how can it exist within the oppressors?

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