| 单词 | simplism |
| 释义 | ˈsimplism
[f. simple a. + -ism.]
1. Affected or overdone simplicity of literary style. nonce-wd.
a1882Emerson in Century Mag. (1890) Feb. 624 Other writers have to affect what to him [Wordsworth] is natural. So they have what Arnold calls simplism, he, simplicity.
2. Also ‖ simplisme. [Cf. F. simplisme.] A tendency to over-simplify; an over-simplification.
1955M. Reifer Dict. New Words 189/1 Simplism, n., oversimplification of any matter and elimination of all complicating aspects; usually aimed at promoting uncritical conformity. 1969C. Leech Tragedy iii. 42 Wilbur Sanders..has declared that ‘Necessity neither requires nor invites cooperation’.., but this appears to be simplism. 1974New Society 13 June 623/1 A fair number of marxist academics have been alarmed at this anti-fascist simplisme coming home to roost. 1976P. Alexander Death Thin-Skinned Animal x. 104 It was impossible to argue against that sort of simplism. 1977Times Lit. Suppl. 11 Feb. 150/2 Gladstone's complaint in 1874 that the opposition fomented by the Daily News had been ‘one main cause’ of the weakness of his late government was, of course, a simplism. |
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