trivialize
verb (used with object)
to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
has trivialized
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present perfectof trivialize (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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He has trivialized your loyalty, toyed with your faith and trampled on your tradition.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2021
“I think I’ve looked at this painting in a book for so long that somehow my brain has trivialized it,” he says.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 27, 2016
“I’m concerned with how the media has trivialized some of the things he said,” Katie Clum said.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 14, 2016
“Our country has trivialized it, has made it a joke, has made it green people with horns sticking out,” said Carolyn Kilpatrick, a Democratic representative from Michigan who lost her seat in 2010.
From New York Times ● May 3, 2013
All of which, sober analysts contend, has trivialized the political process.
From Time Magazine Archive
