Why dose wikipedia use such big words to explain such simple things?

Question

a simple example would make things easier.

Conflict is a state of discord caused by the actual or perceived opposition of needs, values and interests.

this just means he/she disagrees because someone is getting in the way of what he/she wants.

Answer 1

not that large. Break it down to prefix root words and suffixes. (morphagraphs / smaller peices)

And true sometimes i find it annoying.