o ‧ ver ‧ sim ‧ pli ‧ fy /ˌəʊvəˈsɪmpləfaɪ, ˌəʊvəˈsɪmplɪfaɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense and past participle oversimplified , present participle oversimplifying , third person singular oversimplifies ) [intransitive and transitive]
to describe something in a way that is too simple and ignores many facts:
To describe all these people as refugees is to oversimplify the situation.
—oversimplification /ˌəʊvəsɪmpləfəˈkeɪʃ ə n, ˌəʊvəsɪmplɪfəˈkeɪʃ ə n $ ˌoʊvər-/ noun [uncountable and countable]