to trivialize
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7.0
- verb
- /ˈtrɪviəˌlaɪz/
- US
:
minimizar
- It is unwise to trivialize that which one simply does not understand, Doctor.
- trivialize the issue
- trivialize the event
- trivialize the experience
I mean, they're obviously trying to trivialize what happened.
- I mean, they're obviously trying to trivialize what happened.
- Don't catastrophize when it wasn't, and don't trivialize when it was.
- Sadly, therapists have and can sometimes trivialize or gaslight your concerns.
- They had to just say, well, it's mental health which kind of trivializes these very deadly problems.
- And that, you know, we can't trivialize that.
- We should not trivialize that experience.
- Not just the gaslighting, but the minimizing, the trivializing, the mockery, the lack of help.
- They were dismissed, both parties were laughed at and the whole thing was trivialised.
- And I, I feel I used to trivialize it because there are people saving lives out there.
- You don't feel gaslighted, you don't feel manipulated, you don't feel minimized, you don't feel trivialized, and you don't feel devalued.
- And it sort of it, it trivialises what are really difficult things.
- This trivializing is, I think, very, very important.
- We trivialize, we we exhaust, we we suck out the meaning of things.
Examples
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Any comparison between, or analogies with, other events or manifestations and the Holocaust risks trivializing what took place.
Academic text (2003) -
I don't wanna see sexual violence trivialized.
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We should not trivialize that experience.
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And I, I feel I used to trivialize it because there are people saving lives out there.
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I mean, they're obviously trying to trivialize what happened.
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Last, it is not the intent of the current study to trivialize physical activities and healthy nutrition practices.
Academic text (2013) -
The condition is often trivialized, and patients are often told that this is something they 'must live with.'
Academic text (2015) -
To speak of one reason, one group, one camp trivializes events.
Academic text (2003) -
But when you roll your eyes, Ms. Davilla, you trivialize a team building exercise, and that divides us.
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We should not trivialize the challenges faced by those in poverty.
Synonyms
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5.3
Show something as less important or serious than it is
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4.8
Make something seem less serious or important
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4.2
To treat something as not important or serious
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6.5
Make a problem or mistake seem less serious by leaving out details
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4.6
To make someone feel less confident or important
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5.2
To make something seem smaller or less important than it really is
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4.3
To make something seem less important than it really is
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5.3
Make something seem less important than it really is
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8.8
To make a wrong action seem less serious to others
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7.6
To make a problem or bad news seem less important
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5.9
Make an idea or topic seem less important
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6.7
To give too little attention to something
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Offensive
To make someone's problems seem less important than they are
How Dismissive
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3.0
45
5.0
- US
28
7.0
59
5.3
18
5.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Trivialize comes from the same root as trivia, and that root goes back to Latin trivium, which means 'place where three roads meet' and was a common spot for ordinary talk, so trivia came to mean 'small' or 'not important' facts. So, to trivialize something is to make it seem 'not important' or less serious.