trivialize
verb (used with object)
to make trivial; cause to appear unimportant, trifling, etc.
trivializes
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present tense formof trivialize (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Kercher’s sister, Stephanie Kercher, told the BBC this week that Knox’s show trivializes the murder of her sister in Perugia, where the two women were students almost two decades ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Meme-driven AI content that trivializes conflict as it spreads misinformation is increasingly crowding out reality on digital platforms, in what ISD researchers call the "Legofication" of war propaganda.
From Barron's ● Apr. 2, 2026
"When media carry this real oppression and suffering as programming, it trivializes the social harm and human suffering."
From Salon ● Feb. 24, 2025
It trivializes the experiences of those who are medication non-responsive, unstable, underemployed, or simply overwhelmed.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023
Although there may be some truth in both hypotheses, this sort of posthumous off-the-rack psychoanalysis is a dubious, highly speculative enterprise that inevitably demeans and trivializes the absent analysand.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
