trivialize
verb (used with object)
to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
is trivializing
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present progressiveof trivialize (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“Having time helped us rewrite all the sequences — you can sound pretentious on the drama side, and you can go to the other extreme, which is trivializing a very important subject matter.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 19, 2021
"To me it is trivializing the meaning of Christmas," says Charles V. Bergstrom, governmental-affairs director of the Lutheran Council in the U.S.A.
From Time Magazine Archive
