| VERB | communication | trivialize, trivialise | make trivial or insignificant |
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| Sounds | trih'viyahlay.z; trih'vyahlay.z | |
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| Rhymes | actualize ... womanize: 266 rhymes with ayz... | |
| Meaning | make trivial or insignificant. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!" | |
| Synonym | trivialise | |
| Broader | understate, minimize, minimise, downplay | represent as less significant or important |
| Spanish | trivializar | |
| Catalan | trivialitzar | |
| Adjectives | trivial | of little substance or significance |
| trivial | (informal) small and of little importance | |
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