Usually means: Reduction to excessively basic elements.
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  1. oversimplification: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. oversimplification: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oversimplification: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. oversimplification: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. oversimplification: Wiktionary
  8. oversimplification: Dictionary.com
  9. oversimplification: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Oversimplification: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. oversimplification: Rhymezone
  12. oversimplification: Free Dictionary
  13. oversimplification: Mnemonic Dictionary
  14. oversimplification: Dictionary/thesaurus

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oversimplification)

noun:  An explanation that excludes important information for the sake of brevity, or of making the explanation or presentation easy to understand.
noun:  The process of making such an explanation.

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