Usually means: Reducing complexity excessively, losing nuance.
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  1. oversimplifying: Merriam-Webster
  2. oversimplifying: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oversimplifying: Collins English Dictionary
  4. oversimplifying: Vocabulary.com
  5. oversimplifying: Wordnik
  6. oversimplifying: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. oversimplifying: Wiktionary
  8. oversimplifying: Dictionary.com
  9. oversimplifying: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. oversimplifying: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (oversimplify)

verb:  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.
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