Words and phrases that have a meaning related to oversimplify: (103 results)
Often used in the same context:
conflate, misunderstand, distort, exaggerate, misinterpret, confuse, generalize, trivialize, analogize, misperceive, misconceive, overemphasize, politicize, underplay, misreport, intellectualize, misrepresents, overgeneralize, depersonalize, downplay, ignore, moralize, elide, overstate, obfuscates, understate, skew, interject, summarize, demonize, misstate, problematize, belittle, psychoanalyze, sensationalize, overdramatize, overblow, belabor, mischaracterize, ascribe, misconstrue, misremember, overread, overemphasise, sugarcoat, characterize, misjudge, extrapolate, fixate, parse, overlook, overreact, idealize, counterpose, complicated, pigeonhole, overestimate, overdo, magnify, tu quoque, deconstruct, misunderestimate, mishear, oversell, hyperbolized, disagree, mislead, underemphasize, overrate, polarize, reifying, synopsize, understand, overweigh, compartmentalize, underestimate, denigrate, interpret, overreaching, allude, contrived, misquote, shortchange, juxtapose, cheapen, convoluting, fictionalize, micromanage, categorize, explicate, overshadow, miscalculate, transcend, equate, equivocate, romanticize, omit, manipulate, biassed, constitutionalize, misspeak, misinform
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