oversimplification

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for oversimplification
Noun
  • But Margulis took her theory further; in her view, symbiosis was the driving force of evolution, and many entities were likely composites.
    Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 23 July 2025
  • But they have long been stuck between theory and the promise of commercialization in the next five to 10 years.
    Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 22 July 2025
Noun
  • The findings back up a hypothesis that had been put forward by Beasley’s coauthor John Speth, an anthropologist at the University of Michigan, who has for nearly a decade argued that putrid meat and fish would have formed a key part of prehistoric diets.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 25 July 2025
  • Their hypothesis is that a drop in vehicle bug splatter signals a decline in the insect population.
    Adeel Hassan, New York Times, 23 July 2025
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“Oversimplification.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oversimplification. Accessed 2 Aug. 2025.

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