The phrase "a simplistic representation of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when describing something that simplifies a complex idea or concept, often to the point of losing some detail or nuance.
Example: "The diagram serves as a simplistic representation of the intricate processes involved in climate change."
Alternatives: "a basic depiction of" or "an oversimplified view of".
Although the Tree may provide a simplistic representation of some evolutionary relationships, it is important as a metanarrative to explore life's common descent.
The behaviour of beam-like masonry specimens, considered to provide a simplistic representation of masonry infill walls, subjected to static four-point bending testing is investigated numerically through the use of nonlinear finite element analysis.
The model is a simplistic representation of the stages that may occur.
In the signaling pathways diagram, a simplistic representation of the interactions between the measured phosphoproteins, the pathways which contain those proteins, and the effect of the targeted inhibitors can be observed.
Although the model presented here is a simplistic representation of cis- and trans-element coevolution, experimenting with the general framework of the model under various conditions suggests that many of the details of the model are nonessential for the outcome of fixation.
This distinction, famously characterised as "lackey or liberator" by David Werner in the 1980s [ 23], while a simplistic representation of fluid and hybrid everyday realities, points to the importance of clarifying underlying assumptions and establishing the basic identity of CHW programmes.
Watson et al. (2010) note that the iWeaver system fails to express any pedagogical meaning beyond a very simplistic representation of the relationships between curriculum elements.
Even though the assumption of anticorrelation seems intuitively plausible in case of repressors, it is a too simplistic representation of reality.
Models for pollution exposure assessment typically adopt an overly simplistic representation of geography, climate and biogeochemical processes.
"The relationship is very complex — to describe them as being on the same team is a simplistic representation," said an American counterterrorism official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
An artificial neuron is a simplistic representation that emulates the signal integration and threshold firing behavior of biological neurons by means of mathematical structures.
