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TRIVIALIZE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they trivialize ... he / she / it trivializes
Past simple: trivialized
Past participle: trivialized
-ing form: trivializing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Make trivial or insignificant
Example:
Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!
Synonyms:
trivialise; trivialize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "trivialize" is one way to...):
downplay; minimise; minimize; understate (represent as less significant or important)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
trivial ((informal) small and of little importance)
trivial (of little substance or significance)
