Etymograph

English

simplism

From simple + -ism.

A compound of simple + -ism

Latin simplex ‘simple, onefold’

Old French simple ‘innocent’

Middle English symple ‘guiltless’

English simple

Today it means

noun The trait of oversimplifying things by ignoring complexity and complications.

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