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simplification (n.)

1680s, from French simplification "act or process of simplifying," from simplifier (see simplify).

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simplify (v.)
1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex) + combining form of facere "to make" (from PIE root *dhe- "to set, put"). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified; simplifying.
oversimplification (n.)

also over-simpification, "act or process of simplifying excessively," 1835, from over- + simplification.

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Definitions of simplification from WordNet

simplification (n.)
an explanation that omits superfluous details and reduces complexity;
simplification (n.)
elimination of superfluous details;
simplification (n.)
the act of reducing complexity;
Synonyms: reduction
From wordnet.princeton.edu

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