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The synonyms of “Simplistic” are: facile, superficial, oversimple, oversimplified, schematic, black and white
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “simplistic” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| black and white | Without cream or sugar. |
| facile | (of a person) having a superficial or simplistic knowledge or approach. A facile hand. |
| oversimple | Lacking sophistication and subtlety. An oversimple theory of human nature. |
| oversimplified | Simplified to such an extent that a distorted impression is given. An oversimplified view of human personality. |
| schematic | (of thought, ideas, etc.) simplistic or formulaic in character. Schematic diagrams. |
| superficial | Not thorough, deep, or complete; cursory. Only superficial differences. |
| artless | Lacking art or knowledge. An artless literary masterpiece. |
| banal | So lacking in originality as to be obvious and boring. Songs with banal repeated words. |
| banality | The fact or condition of being banal; unoriginality. There is an essential banality to the story he tells. |
| boring | Not interesting; tedious. I ve got a boring job in an office. |
| bromide | A reproduction or piece of typesetting on bromide paper. Feel good bromides create the illusion of problem solving. |
| cliche | A trite or obvious remark. |
| commonplace | A notable passage in a work copied into a commonplace book. His remarks were trite and commonplace. |
| crude | Belonging to an early stage of technical development characterized by simplicity and often crudeness. The ship was carrying 80 000 tonnes of crude. |
| dichotomy | A division or contrast between two things that are or are represented as being opposed or entirely different. The dichotomy between eastern and western culture. |
| easy | With ease easy is sometimes used informally for easily. We all scared real easy in those days. |
| gauche | Lacking social polish. Too gauche to leave the room when the conversation became intimate. |
| generalization | Transfer of a response learned to one stimulus to a similar stimulus. He was making sweeping generalizations. |
| hackneyed | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Hackneyed old sayings. |
| median | Denoting the middle term or mean of the middle two terms of a series arranged in order of magnitude For example the median number of the series 55 62 76 85 93 is 76. The median income for the year was 15 000. |
| mediocrity | A person of second-rate ability or value. The team suddenly came good after years of mediocrity. |
| monotony | Sameness of pitch or tone in a sound or utterance. Depression flattens the voice almost to monotony. |
| ordinary | Not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree. It was just an ordinary evening. |
| overcome | Overcome usually through no fault or weakness of the person that is overcome. She was obviously overcome with excitement. |
| platitude | A remark or statement, especially one with a moral content, that has been used too often to be interesting or thoughtful. She began uttering liberal platitudes. |
| rural | Living in or characteristic of farming or country life. Unpaved rural roads. |
| rustic | Characteristic of rural life. Rustic stone walls. |
| shopworn | Worn or faded from being on display in a store. Shopworn merchandise at half price. |
| simple | Of very low intelligence. Camcorders are now so simple to operate. |
| timeworn | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. Parroting some timeworn axiom. |
| too | Very. Too big. |
| trite | Repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse. This point may now seem obvious and trite. |
| unexceptional | Not special in any way. An unexceptional movie. |
| unremarkable | Not particularly interesting or surprising. An unremarkable house. |
| unsophisticated | Lacking refined worldly knowledge or tastes. An unsophisticated young man. |
| untutored | Lacking in schooling. The species are all much the same to the untutored eye. |
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