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minimalize /ˈmɪnɪm(ə)lʌɪz /(also minimalise) verb [with object]1Reduce (something, especially something undesirable) to the smallest possible amount or degree: you can take precautions to minimalize risks...- The second tactic is to minimalize eye contact, as focusing on someone in public space might invade his or her privacy.
- He said the union had a role to play to minimalise the stressfulness of retirement.
- You can take precautions to minimalise risks.
1.1Represent or estimate at less than the true value or importance: I don’t mean to minimalize the seriousness of the situation...- It still, of course, is surgery on his heart, and I don't mean to minimalize that at all.
- This does not in any way minimalise the suffering of those in the occupied territories.
- His tendency to deny or minimalise his past offending behaviour makes counselling difficult.
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