An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand
excessive simplification; the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation) a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
To explain or present something in a way that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand
If you say that someone is oversimplifying something, you mean that they are describing or explaining it so simply that what they say is no longer true or reasonable. One should not oversimplify the situation + oversimplified over·sim·pli·fied an oversimplified view of mathematics and the sciences. + oversimplification oversimplifications over·sim·pli·fi·ca·tion There is an old saying that `we are what we eat'. Obviously this is an oversimplification. to describe something in a way that is too simple and ignores many facts