TRIVIALISE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trivialise mean? 

• TRIVIALISE (verb)
  The verb TRIVIALISE has 1 sense:

1. make trivial or insignificant

  Familiarity information: TRIVIALISE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRIVIALISE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they trivialise    ... he / she / it trivialises   
Past simple: trivialised   
Past participle: trivialised   
-ing form: trivialising   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Make trivial or insignificant

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

trivialise; trivialize

Context example:

Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!

Hypernyms (to "trivialise" is one way to...):

downplay; minimise; minimize; understate (represent as less significant or important)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something