"simple, plain, not compound," 1844, from simple (adj.) + -istic. From 1867 as "over-simple, trying to explain too much by a single principle." Also (1860) "of or pertaining to simples" (herbs used in healing, medicine of one ingredient only; the notion being that each herb possesses a particular virtue, thus a "simple" remedy), from simplist "one who studies simples" (1590s; see simple (adj.)) + -ic.
例文
1. He hit back angrily，saying such remarks were childishly simplistic .
彼は怒りをもって反撃し、これらの話はあまりにも幼稚だと言った。
2.He has a simplistic view of the treatment of eczema.
湿疹治療に対する彼の見方は単純すぎる。
3.Critics may complain that the novel 's central conceit is rather simplistic .
批評家たちは小説の核心的な比喩が簡単すぎると考えるかもしれない。
4.The whole process is flawed because the logic behind the questions is too simplistic .
プロセス全体に欠陥があります。問題の背後にある論理が単純すぎるからです。
5.It is perhaps worthwhile to use a simplistic model.