over-simplification synonyms

Trying to find another word for over-simplification in English? No problem. Our thesaurus contains synonyms of over-simplification in 4 different contexts. We have listed all the similar and related words for over-simplification alphabetically.

distortion

BS
baloney
bend
bias
buckle
coloring
contortion
crock
crookedness
exaggeration
intorsion
jazz
jive
lie
line
malconformation
malformation
misinterpretation
misrepresentation
misshape

litotes

adumbration
allegory
alliteration
allusion
analogue
analogy
anaphora
anticlimax
antistrophe
antithesis
aposiopesis
apostrophe
asyndeton
bathos
communication that is not meant literally; stylistic device
comparison
conceit
device
echoism
ellipsis

restraint

abstemiousness
abstinence
caution
coercion
command
compulsion
confines
constraint
control
coolness
curtailment
economy
forbearance
grip
hindrance
hold
inhibition
limitation
moderation
prevention

underestimate

belittle
deprecate
depreciate
disesteem
disparage
make light of
miscalculate
miscarry
not do justice
put down
sell short
slight
think too little of
underrate
undervalue

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