单词 | simplistic |
释义 | simplisticadj. Originally: designating an oversimplified or partial view of something (cf. simpliste adj.); displaying (extreme) simplicity. Now usually: characterized by excessive or misleading simplification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adjective] > not complex > excessively simplistic1844 simpliste1913 simplicistic1920 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adjective] > of actions, ideas, etc. sloweOE bluntc1175 simplea1425 headless1563 sottish1592 thick1600 stupid1609 incrassate1659 crass1660 simple-minded1774 bright1830 simplistic1844 noodly1870 unelectric1876 dinlo1907 clunky1965 1844 Phalanx (N.Y.) 10 Aug. 233/2 The error of people, generally, is, to take a simplistic or one-sided and partial view of a subject. 1847 J. J. G. Wilkinson Science for All 44 We have proved by experiment the tyrannous pedantry of simplistic views. 1934 Eng. Stud. 16 77 Some of the attempts at elucidating the origin of slang phrases do not seem very successful... It hardly admits of such a simplistic explanation. 1976 T. Stoppard Dirty Linen 40 She's quite right... It is simplistic to speak of malice. 1980 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Mar. 215/2 It was quite evident that these rather simplistic models were inadequate. 2010 Guardian 25 Mar. (G2 section) 14/1 It's far too simplistic to say trawling or dredging is bad and line-caught or hand-dived is good. Derivatives simˈplistically adv. in a simplistic manner; with excessive or misleading simplification. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > [adverb] > without complexity incomplexly1677 simplistically1939 the mind > mental capacity > lack of understanding > stupidity, dullness of intellect > [adverb] sotly1154 blately1513 grossly?1531 dully1533 blockishly1556 bluntly1557 buzzardly1561 sottishly1566 thickly1574 doltishly1580 witlessly1598 stupidiously1600 brainlessly1610 stupidly?1611 insulsely1637 uncleverly1697 numbskully1708 unintelligently1754 stupid?1757 duncishly1826 stockishly1846 sumphishly1850 simple-mindedly1851 obtusely1863 crassly1883 bovinely1900 unperceptively1935 simplistically1939 obtusively1953 dopily1958 gormlessly1958 1939 Isis 30 558 The factors operative here may simplistically be envisaged in terms of cause and effect. 1963 F. W. Frey in L. W. Pye Communications & Polit. Devel. xvii. 307 Changes which we simplistically call Westernization. 2005 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Feb. 28/4 Rather than simplistically blaming men for women's problems, the author seeks a deeper understanding. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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