simplification

Noun

Meaning

The act of simplifying.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

reduction light version account report definition enlightenment epitome solution translation description interpretation explanation commentary facilitate

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Antonyms

derangement daze problem nape concern challenge

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Hypernyms

change account explanation elimination riddance

Hyponyms

rationalization rationalisation schematization schematisation oversimplification simplism

Phrases with the word

lexical simplification

Examples

The simplification of anything is always sensational. G. K. Chesterton

Nor does complexity deny the valid simplification which is part of the process of analysis, and even a method of achieving complex architecture itself. Robert Venturi

To minds of a certain cast there is nothing so captivating as simplification and generalization. Thomas Malthus

Order and simplification are the first steps toward the mastery of a subject - the actual enemy is the unknown. Thomas Mann

I believe Buddhism to be a simplification of Hinduism and Islam to be a simplification of Xianity. C. S. Lewis

Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification. Martin H. Fischer

Close letter words and terms

simplicity itself simplifaction simplifiable simplificational simplificative simplificator