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TRIVIALIZE

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 I. (verb) 

Verb forms

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 insignificantplay

Example:

Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!

Synonyms:

trivialise; trivialize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

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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