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sim⋅plis⋅tic

  [sim-plis-tik]
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–adjective
characterized by extreme simplism; oversimplified: a simplistic notion of good and bad.
Origin:
1855–60; simple + -istic

Related forms:
sim⋅plis⋅ti⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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sim·plism   (sĭm'plĭz'əm)   
n.  The tendency to oversimplify an issue or a problem by ignoring complexities or complications.

[French simplisme, from simple, simple, from Old French; see simple.]
sim·plis'tic (sĭm-plĭs'tĭk) adj., sim·plis'ti·cal·ly adv.
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Word Origin & History

simplistic 
1881, "trying to explain too much by a single principle," earlier (1860) "of or pertaining to simples" (herbs used in healing; the notion is of medicine of one ingredient only), from simplist "one who studies simples" (1597); see simple.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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