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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