Words and phrases that have a meaning related to oversimplification: (117 results)
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Also try:exaggeration, generalization, fallacy, misnomer, overstatement, logical fallacy, incommensurability, copout, analogy, reductionism, semantics, tautology, mischaracterization, pigeonholing, overreaction, hyperbole, determinist, red herring, relativist, hogwash, incongruence, extrapolation, poppycock, outlier, misperception, absurdity, misinterpretation, pollyannaish, tu quoque, imprecise, nitpicking, non sequitur, implication, reductio ad absurdum, underestimation, reactionism, overemphasis, overkill, misquotation, understatement, wishful thinking, dichotomy, baloney, aberration, reification, nonsequitur, oxymoron, contradiction, synecdoche, cliche, syllogism, specious argument, counterexample, logic, gendering, perniciousness, elide, elision, anachronism, balderdash, misreading, wrongheadedness, untruth, dogmatist, vagary, stereotyping, anthropic, misstatement, terribleness, tendentiousness, epiphenomenon, dualism, conflation, digression, paradox, vulgarization, travesty, essentialism, misplaced modifier, fictionalisation, overreaching, intertextuality, refutation, absurdness, logicians, illogic, externality, manichean, hedonics, disjuncture, context, scientism, strawman, maldistribution, protagoras, inductive reasoning, scapegoating, inexactitude, ideologic, absolutes, facile, affront, simplifications, simplification, overestimation, inconsistency, underestimate, miscalculations, misunderstanding, incongruity, disadvantage, misapprehension, misconception, oversimplifications, disservice, drawback, drawbacks
— Adjectives for oversimplification: gross, great, such, vast, considerable, dangerous, serious, misleading, slight, obvious, extreme, more...
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