reductive

/rɪˈdʌktɪv/
adjective
  1. Describing something that oversimplifies a complex subject, often in a misleading way.
    • His reductive analysis of the problem missed many important factors.
    • Calling the movie 'just a love story' is a reductive description.
    • The article offered a reductive view of poverty, blaming it solely on laziness.
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