trivializing
- present participle of trivialize.
Example Sentences
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This kind of talk may be relatively common in places like the U.S., but it was new in Germany, where trivializing the Holocaust can land you in court.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
It’s not trivializing this summit or missing the point, I would argue, to understand it as first and foremost a semiotic spectacle, conducted through language, symbols and signifiers.
From Salon ● May 17, 2026
Barbara Walters, the woman blamed for trivializing TV news, commented: “I rest my case.”
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2022
The impulse to wrest redemption from tragedy runs the risk of trivializing it, even when that tragedy is as historically monumental as the murder of Emmett Till.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2022
It is not the dangerous knowledge which must be avoided, but it is the trivializing influence of a steady contact with things which are not worth knowing.
From The Photoplay A Psychological Study by Münsterberg, Hugo
