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[ noun ] excessive simplification; the act of making something too simple (to the point of misrepresentation)

Used in print

(Tristram P. Coffin, "Folklore in the American Twentieth...)

Anyone 's identification with an international struggle , whether warlike or peaceful , requires absurd oversimplification and intense emotional involvement .

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[ noun ] a simplification that goes too far (to the point of misrepresentation)
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