TRIVIALIZE


Meaning of TRIVIALIZE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ trɪviəlaɪz ]

( trivializes, trivializing, trivialized)

Note: in BRIT, also use 'trivialise'

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.

VERB : V n [ disapproval ]

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