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Their oversimplicity both exploits and assuages that looming sense of collective guilt: They feel true.

From Slate • Feb. 27, 2019

This sort of oversimplicity extends to characterizations as well.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2014

The absence of pressure to make choices, to pare down and winnow out, means that CNN can explore the day's issues at enough length to avoid the pitfalls of oversimplicity and superficiality.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hence the oversimplicity of their prologues, and their tedious repetition of the obvious.

From The Theory of the Theatre by Hamilton, Clayton Meeker