trivialize

Verb

Meaning

make trivial or insignificant

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Synonyms

downplay understate trivialise minify reduce slight minimize dismiss diminish lessen disdain ridicule scorn underestimate slur

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Antonyms

exaggerate dramatize elaborate acclaim maximize amplify

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Hypernyms

minimize minimise downplay understate

Examples

Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue! Source: Internet

Another source said, “Marcos Tekle became the fall guy to trivialize and cover up the Redwan Crisis.” Source: Internet

Critics of the 2016 legislation complained the legislation would trivialize the Bible by placing it alongside other state symbols like the official rock, tree, or reptile. Source: Internet

And while the show’s an exploitation of our collective tendency to fetishize the decade, that doesn’t trivialize the art inside. Source: Internet

But I wish you had a better term for these folks than “foodies,” which tends to trivialize them. Source: Internet

However, it’s such an easy thing to get right given all the coverage, the mistake gives your post an air of pettiness and leaves the impression that you’re trying to trivialize matters. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

triviality trivializable trivialization trivializer trivializingly triviall