trivializationn.
/trɪvɪəlʌɪˈzeɪʃən/ The act or process of trivializing.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > making unimportant
superficializing1828
trivializationa1866
minifying1867
sidetracking1872
de-emphasis1940
marginalization1940
trivializing1963
deprioritization1975
marginalizing1977
society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > weakness or feebleness > [noun] > trivializing
trivializationa1866
tea-tabling1962
a1866 J. Grote in Jrnl. Philol. (1874) V. 153 A still more important law..is that of evaporation or trivialization; by which I mean the gradual blunting of the force of a word.
1927 H. G. Wells in Sunday Express 26 June 12 The greater danger of promiscuity and the trivialisation of the sexual life lies in a delayed marriage.
1949 A. Koestler Insight & Outlook xxviii. 380 By this process of trivialization and smug understatement, the universe itself becomes a silly thought.
1981 Times 21 May 4/7 The growing under-use of human abilities through trivialization of work and through unemployment is damaging to those who suffer from them.
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