Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense trivializes, present participle trivializing, past tense, past participle trivializedregional note: in BRIT, also use trivialise
verb
If you say that someone trivializes something important, you disapprove of them because they make it seem less important, serious, and complex than it is.
[disapproval]
People continue to trivialize the world's environmental problems. [VERB noun]
Synonyms: undervalue, underestimate, play down, minimize More Synonyms of trivialize
trivialize in British English
(ˈtrɪvɪəˌlaɪz) or trivialise
verb
(transitive)
to cause to seem trivial or more trivial; minimize
he trivialized his injuries
Derived forms
trivialization (ˌtrivialiˈzation) or trivialisation (ˌtrivialiˈsation)
noun
trivialize in American English
(ˈtrɪviəˌlaɪz)
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈtrivialˌized or ˈtrivialˌizing
to regard or treat as trivial; make seem unimportant
Derived forms
trivialization (ˌtrivialiˈzation)
noun
Examples of 'trivialize' in a sentence
trivialize
"It's people like Prather who trivialize the world, turning a buck on whatever rare loveliness they can defile in the name of commerce.
Katherine Mosb THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2002)
In other languages
trivialize
British English: trivialize VERB
If you say that someone trivializes something important, you disapprove of them because they make it seem less important, serious, and complex than it is.
It never ceases to amaze me how the business world continues to trivialize the world's environmental problems.
American English: trivialize
Brazilian Portuguese: trivializar
Chinese: 贬低
European Spanish: trivializar
French: banaliser
German: trivialisieren
Italian: banalizzare
Japanese: 平凡にする
Korean: 하찮게 여기다
European Portuguese: trivializar
Latin American Spanish: trivializar
(verb)
Definition
to make (something) seem less important or complex than it is
They continue to trivialize the world's environmental problems.
Synonyms
undervalue
We must never undervalue freedom.
underestimate
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.
play down
minimize
Some have minimized the importance of these factors.
scoff at
belittle
We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement.
laugh off
make light of
underplay
Additional synonyms
in the sense of belittle
Definition
to treat (something or someone) as having little value or importance
We mustn't belittle her outstanding achievement.
Synonyms
run down,
dismiss,
diminish,
put down,
underestimate,
discredit,
ridicule,
scorn,
rubbish (informal),
degrade,
minimize,
downgrade,
undervalue,
knock (informal),
deride,
malign,
detract from,
denigrate,
scoff at,
disparage,
decry,
sneer at,
underrate,
deprecate,
depreciate,
defame,
derogate
in the sense of minimize
Definition
to regard or treat as less important than it really is
Some have minimized the importance of these factors.
Synonyms
play down,
discount,
underestimate,
belittle,
disparage,
decry,
underrate,
deprecate,
depreciate,
make light or little of
in the sense of underestimate
Definition
to not be aware or take account of the full abilities or potential of
Never underestimate what you can learn from a group of like-minded people.