simplistic
pronunciation
How to pronounce simplistic in British English:
UK [sɪmˈplɪstɪk]
How to pronounce simplistic in American English:
US [sɪmˈplɪstɪk]
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- Adjective:
- unrealistically simple
Word Origin
- simplistic (adj.)
- "simple, plain, not compound," 1844, from simple (adj.) + -istic. From 1867 as "over-simple, trying to explain too much by a single principle." Also (1860) "of or pertaining to simples" (herbs used in healing, medicine of one ingredient only; the notion being that each herb possesses a particular virtue, thus a "simple" remedy), from simplist "one who studies simples" (1590s; see simple (adj.)) + -ic.
Example
- 1. Other scholars say that this view is too simplistic .
- 2. These models view the economy in an utterly simplistic way .
- 3. In fact , its sense of history seems highly politicized and simplistic .
- 4. This runs counter to the desire for headlines and simplistic answers and our thirst for personalities .
- 5. It is too simplistic , however , to dismiss the culture as brainwashing .