simplification
noun[CorU]
uk/ˌsɪm.plɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌsɪm.plə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/C2
theprocessof making something lesscomplicatedandthereforeeasierto do orunderstand, or the thing thatresultsfrom thisprocess:
Theorganizationadviseson the simplification oftradeprocedures.
This is agrosssimplification of whatactuallyhappened.
See
simplify
- There are many simplifications in the newdesign.
- He isproposingmassivesimplification of thetaxsystem.
- Thegrouphavewelcomedtheproposedsimplifications.
Elaborating, specifying and simplifying
- abstract
- anti-reductionism
- anti-reductionist
- broad brush
- broaden
- enlarge
- enlarge on/uponsomething
- expand
- expand onsomething
- expansively
- over-elaboration
- overgeneralization
- overgeneralize
- oversimplification
- oversimplify
- specificity
- specify
- split hairsidiom
- standardization
- standardize