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simplifier

simplifier

5.8
A person who removes important facts so a topic looks easy to understand
  • noun
  • /ˈsɪmplɪfaɪər/
translation icon : simplificador
  • His role as a simplifier helped the team focus on the essential elements of the project.

Examples

  • As a simplifier, she always tried to make complex concepts understandable for her students.

  • The designer acted as a simplifier by removing unnecessary features from the product.

  • And he came under attack as a popularizer, as a simplifier in his own day and even and even afterwards.

  • To put it simply, I'm one of the Terrible Simplifiers whose coming was foretold.

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  • What would be interesting, in a horrid sort of way, would be a novel about a country (this one, for instance) with a government composed of true-believing "terrible simplifiers" of the "Earth First" variety.

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Antonyms

complicator
8.0

A person or thing that makes a situation more difficult by adding extra steps

How Careful

analyst
355 3.2
clarifier
4.6
simplifier
5.8

Surface Forms

simplifier singular
simplifiers plural

Morphology

simplifier = simplify (semi-transparent) = simplify + er

The derivation is clear, but the pejorative sense of removing important details is a pragmatic extension not strictly entailed by 'simplify'.

Etymology

Simplifier also comes from simple 'not complicated' and -fy 'to make', but it can have a negative side. That's why a simplifier can mean someone who 'makes things too simple' and leaves out important details.