Oversimplification is when you reduce a complex situation to a few simple words or concepts. This can make it easier to understand, but it can also lead to mistakes.
The article oversimplifies the issue by saying that all immigrants are bad.
The teacher oversimplifies the concept of fractions by teaching them as whole numbers.
noun
a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
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noun
an act of excessive simplification; the act of making something seem simpler than it really is
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At the minimum it is an oversimplification.
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Oversimplifications are unavoidable.
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That would be an oversimplification.
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Of course this is an oversimplification.
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But it is a vast oversimplification.
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But this really is an oversimplification.
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An oversimplification, and thus useless.
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An oversimplification, in any case.
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That is a staggering oversimplification of my argument.
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Because textbooks are notorious for oversimplification.