facile explanation

Examples

• All

• Critics dismissed his theory as just another facile explanation lacking real evidence.

• Don't settle for a facile explanation that ignores the details!

• Students sometimes rely on a facile explanation when a topic is difficult to understand.

• The professor offered a facile explanation for the complex theory.

• Critics dismissed his theory as just another facile explanation lacking real evidence.

• The journalist's facile explanation failed to address the deeper issues involved in the case.

• Students sometimes rely on a facile explanation when a topic is difficult to understand.

Synonyms

O

oversimplification

vsfacile explanation

10 7.0

Making something seem simpler than it really is by leaving out important details

simplifies things too much instead of showing real complexity

F

flimsy argument

vsfacile explanation

1 4.2

A reason that is weak and not supported by evidence

is simplistic and superficial rather than only weak or unsupported

F

facile argument

vsfacile explanation

• Formal

8.2

A reason that seems simple but is shallow and not careful

is too simplistic and superficial rather than deeply accurate

H

hand-waving

vsfacile explanation

• Informal

7.9

An explanation that is vague and lacks proof or important detail

is shallow and simplistic rather than detailed and convincing

T

total lamesauce

vsfacile explanation

• Slang

9.9

A weak excuse that people do not believe

is simplistic and shallow rather than merely informal or silly

How Superficial

facile explanation

• Formal

6.9

explanation

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology