simplism

Noun

simplism (countable and uncountable, plural simplisms)

1. The trait of oversimplifying things by ignoring complexity and complications.
   • Their need for simplicity is met by politicians offering “simplism”: the ideology of simple answers for complex problems.2023 October 21, Simon Kuper, “The end of reading and the rise of simplism”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 17
2. An instance of a brief or reductive depiction that neglects the full nuance and complexity of a concept or issue, and that omits or overlooks important details.
   • The error into which Fourier's disciples are occasionally falling, is one which Fourier condemns in the most explicit and absolute terms; it is the error which Fourier designates by the term "simplism". Because a social reform is needful, therefore they argue, that is the only thing needful...1848 Charles Julius Hempel The True Organization of the New Church
   • Cases in which an injured employee of an independent contractor sues a landowner for injuries sustained as a result of claimed negligence on the part of the landowner lend themselves to temptations to simplism. It is important in these cases to distinguish between the problem of restricting...1969 Noel P. Fox Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court. October term