Definition of Trivialize

1. Verb. Make trivial or insignificant. "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"

Exact synonyms: Trivialise
Generic synonyms: Downplay, Minimise, Minimize, Understate
Derivative terms: Trivial, Trivial

Definition of Trivialize

1. Verb. To make something appear trivial ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Trivialize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trivialize

trivial functional dependency
trivial name
trivial names
trivialise
trivialised
trivialises
trivialising
trivialism
trivialisms
trivialist
trivialists
trivialities
triviality
trivialization
trivializations
trivialize (current term)
trivialized
trivializer
trivializers
trivializes
trivializing
trivializingly
trivially
trivialness
trivium
triviums
triweeklies
triweekly
triyearly
triyne

Literary usage of Trivialize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Angelic Wisdom about Divine Love and about Divine Wisdom by Emanuel Swedenborg (2003)
"People of the third kind, the ones who trivialize and deny divine precepts, not only remain earthly-minded but even become sense-centered to the extent that ..."

2. Girls and Boys Getting Along: Teaching Sexual Harassement Prevention in the by Becky Montgomery (1999)
""One of the most serious offenses we have in society is that we trivialize what matters to children until it becomes a problem and then we trivialize the ..."

3. The Romantic Composers by Daniel Gregory Mason (1906)
"Alas! that in the fever of sickness he was goaded to parody his own immortal work in futile replicas that imitate its qualities only to trivialize them. ..."

4. The Court Theatre 1904-1907: A Commentary and Criticism by Desmond MacCarthy (1907)
"Firstly, it tends to trivialize the impression the play has made; for though the last line in it may be, in intention, a summing up of the irony of the ..."

5. Sea-Changes: American Foreign Policy in a World Transformed by Nicholas X. Rizopoulos (1990)
"To speak of the outlook for capitalism under these conditions may appear to trivialize the problem. But the framework of our analysis enables us to sharpen ..."

6. Peace and Survival: West Germany, the Peace Movement, and European Security by David Gress (1985)
"They respectively trivialize and dramatize Soviet policy, two attitudes that are not contradictory. Behind the superficial trivialization lies resignation ..."

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