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TRIVIALIZE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trivialize mean? 

TRIVIALIZE (verb)
  The verb TRIVIALIZE has 1 sense:

1. make trivial or insignificantplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TRIVIALIZE (verb)

 Conjugation: 
Present simple: I / you / we / they trivialize  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation ... he / she / it trivializes  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past simple: trivialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
Past participle: trivialized  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation
-ing form: trivializing  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation


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 "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)


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