trivialize

POS

Verb (transitive)

HYPHEN

triv=i=al=ize

top

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb trivialize has 1 sense

trivialize(v = verb.communication) trivialise - make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"

is one way to downplay, minimise, minimize, understate

Derived forms adjective trivial₁, adjective trivial₂

Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

top

OXFORD DICTIONARY

trivialize, v.tr. (also -ise) make trivial or apparently trivial; minimize.

Derivative

trivialization n.

top

THESAURUS

trivialize

beggar, belittle, decry, denigrate, deprecate, depreciate, dismiss, disparage, lessen, make light of, minimize, misprize, play down, pooh-pooh, put down, run down, scoff at, scorn, slight, underestimate, underplay, underrate, undervalue

For further exploring for "trivialize" in Webster Dictionary Online