minimalize

[min-uh-muh-lahyz]

verb (used with object), min·i·mal·ized, min·i·mal·iz·ing.

to make minimal: to minimalize tax increases.

Also especially British, min·i·mal·ise.

Origin of minimalize

Related formsmin·i·mal·i·za·tion, noun

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Word Origin and History for minimalized

minimalize

v.

1914, see minimal + -ize. Related: Minimalized; minimalizing.

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