schematic
Other forms: schematics
Use the adjective schematic to describe a drawing that's very simple and symbolic. That drawing your cousin made of a house with a pointy roof, smiling stick figures, and a round yellow sun? Very schematic.
The word schematic can apply to ideas as well as drawings. In this case, schematic describes an overly simple interpretation of something complex, like a work of literature or a detailed plan for social change. Think of it like the drawing of a boxy house and stick figures, only applied to ideas — it's an outline of something that may not capture all the important details.
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represented in simplified or symbolic formsynonyms: conventional, formalnonrepresentationalof or relating to a style of art in which objects do not resemble those known in physical nature
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diagram of an electrical or mechanical systemsynonyms: schematic drawingtypes:wiring diagrama schematic drawing of the wiring of an electrical systemtype of:diagrama drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts
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Vocabulary lists containing schematic
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