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trivialize

especially British, ٰ···

[triv-ee-uh-lahyz]

verb (used with object)

trivialized, trivializing 
  1. to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.



trivialize

/ ˈٰɪɪəˌɪ /

verb

  1. (tr) to cause to seem trivial or more trivial; minimize

    he trivialized his injuries

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • trivialization noun
  • ˌٰˈپDz noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of trivialize1

First recorded in 1840–50; trivial + -ize
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Popular culture traps us in the privatized universe of celebrity culture, urging us to define ourselves through the often empty and trivialized and highly individualized interests of celebrities.

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"When media carry this real oppression and suffering as programming, it trivializes the social harm and human suffering."

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The Anti-Defamation League spoke out on Thursday over a series Nazi Germany-themed puns posted by billionaire Elon Musk, slamming what it called “inappropriate and highly offensive jokes that trivialize the Holocaust.”

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DR: We certainly do not want to give off the impression that we tolerate any bit of misinformation or harmful content or trivialize the impact it has, especially to those people that it does affect.

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They also believe such crises remind voters of what they dislike about Trump, whom they see as politicizing such moments and trivializing them by, for example, calling American soldiers’ brain injuries “headaches.”

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What does trivialize mean?

Trivialize means to cause something to appear unimportant or insignificant, as in Gabe tried to trivialize the D he got in math, but his parents still grounded him.Trivialize is a verb form of the adjective trivial. It’s often used by the person being trivialized, rather than by the person doing the trivializing.Example: Do not trivialize the effort that was put into my project.

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