trivializing
present participle oftrivialize
trivialize
verb[T]
disapproving(UKusuallytrivialise)uk/ˈtrɪv.i.ə.laɪz/us/ˈtrɪv.i.ə.laɪz/to make somethingseemlessimportantthan it really is:
I don'twantto trivialize theproblem, but I dothinkthere are moreimportantmatterstodiscuss.
Exaggerating & playing down
- bloviate
- blowsomethingout of proportionidiom
- cartoonish
- catastrophize
- dramatization
- dramatize
- exaggerate
- OTT
- over-egg
- overboard
- overdramatic
- overdramatize
- overembellish
- overplay
- overstatement
- pile
- proportion
- protest too muchidiom
- stretch the truthidiom
- understate
Examplesoftrivializing
trivializing
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However, my main message here is that we achieve very little bytrivializingand misrepresenting it.
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But the article has also done a disservice by simplifying, one is tempted to say,trivializing, the process and especially the challenges it faces in the future.
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With regard to the first of these, the authors have summarized a great wealth of empirical material concerning cognitive development in a quick and accessible way withouttrivializingthe findings.
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These ideologies, when skewed from reality, distort representation into demeaning stereotype ortrivializingportrayals.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Trivializingthis violent crime sends a dangerous message to the public.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Mainstream pink ribbon culture has aspects that are deemedtrivializing, silencing, and infantilizing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The central analogy to the civil rights movement and the women's movement istrivializingand ahistorical.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This form of isolation has been referred to astrivializing.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He also had a penchant for adapting classical motifs in his compositions; this earned him the wrath of some serious music authorities who dismissed such practices astrivializingthe classics.
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