adj. In a manner that simplifies a concept or issue so that its nuance and complexity are lost or important details are overlooked.
adj. Of or relating to simples, or medicinal herbs.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to simples, or a simplist.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Of or pertaining to simples or a simplist.
Endeavoring to explain everything, or too much, upon a single principle. The facts of nature and of life are more apt to be complex than simple.
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adj. characterized by extreme and often misleading simplicity
Word Usage
"The CPMA put forward a motion rejecting the replacement of existing councillors by what it called a simplistic system whereby half the councillors were appointed by the civics and other half by non-statutary organisations."