If you describe something such as a theory or a work of art as ~, you disapprove of it because it reduces complex things to simple elements. (FORMAL)
...a cynical, ~ interpretation.
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
If you describe something such as a theory or a work of art as ~, you disapprove of it because it reduces complex things to simple elements. (FORMAL)
...a cynical, ~ interpretation.
ADJ: usu ADJ n disapproval
Collins COBUILD. Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык Коллинз COBUILD (международная база данных языков Бирмингемского университета) . 2012