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