DE-EMPHASIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does de-emphasize mean? 

• DE-EMPHASIZE (verb)
  The verb DE-EMPHASIZE has 1 sense:

1. reduce the emphasis

  Familiarity information: DE-EMPHASIZE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DE-EMPHASIZE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they de-emphasize    ... he / she / it de-emphasizes   
Past simple: de-emphasized   
Past participle: de-emphasized   
-ing form: de-emphasizing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Reduce the emphasis

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

de-emphasise; de-emphasize; destress

Hypernyms (to "de-emphasize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "de-emphasize"):

reduce (destress and thus weaken a sound when pronouncing it)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

 Context examples 

Modern society, with its control of light, omnipresent technology and countless competing interests for time, along with the zeitgeist de-emphasizing sleep's importance, has resulted in the widespread deprioritization of sleep.

(Chronic Sleep Deprivation Suppresses Immune System, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)