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simplificatory

simplificatory adjective: serving to simplify.

Adjective

simplificatory (not comparable)

  1. Serving to simplify.
    • Abandoning an exaggeratedly simplificatory 'explanation' does not mean (quite the contrary) that one should invoke another, equally simplificatory one […]1991, Pierre Karli, Animal and Human Aggression, page 16

Origin of simplificatory

From simplify + -c- + -atory, compare simplification.

Questions about simplificatory

What does simplificatory mean?
Simplificatory means serving to simplify.
What part of speech is simplificatory?
Simplificatory is an adjective.

Words near simplificatory in the dictionary

  1. simplificational
  2. simplifications
  3. simplificative
  4. simplificator
  5. simplificators
  6. simplificatory
  7. simplified
  8. Simplified Chinese
  9. simplified expression
  10. simplified expressions
  11. simplified sewerage

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