trivializev.
/ˈtrɪvɪəlʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈtrɪviəˌlaɪz/ transitive. To make trivial; to render commonplace or trifling.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > be unimportant [verb (transitive)] > make less important or unimportant
to set at a pease, at a pie's heel, at a pin's fee1303
mincea1591
to make no matter of1604
triflea1616
to make much (also little, nothing, too much, etc.) of (or on)1632
pygmy1658
insignificate1676
minify1676
smooth1684
trivialize1846
nonentitize1903
minoritize1947
sideline1953
peripheralize1955
marginalize1970
marginate1970
deprioritize1973
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrespect > [verb (transitive)] > by trifling with
trifle with1523
sport1533
twaddle1797
palter1814
project1828
trivialize1846
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 168/1 Milton has ennobled it [sc. the sonnet] in our tongue, and has trivialised it in that [i.e. Italian].
1895 W. Platt Women 147 Trivialising marriage into the enjoyment of a mere instinct.
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