Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity;
- Example: "a simplistic theory of the universe"- Example: "simplistic arguments of the ruling party"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Simplistic \Sim*plis"tic\, a.
Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist. [R.] --Wilkinson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
simplistic
adj 1: characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity;
"a simplistic theory of the universe"; "simplistic
arguments of the ruling party"