trivializingn.
The action of trivialize v.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [noun] > making unimportant
superficializing1828
trivializationa1866
minifying1867
sidetracking1872
de-emphasis1940
marginalization1940
trivializing1963
deprioritization1975
marginalizing1977
1963 A. Heron Towards Quaker View of Sex v. 44 There is an almost overwhelming urge throughout society towards the trivializing of sexual actions.
1979 Listener 16 Aug. 220/3 Any such trivialising of the sacred back~fires. The gods will not be mocked.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
trivializingadj.
/ˈtrɪvɪəlʌɪzɪŋ/ That trivializes.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial > that trivializes
trivializing1961
1961 New Left Rev. Mar. 13/2 Berger would..see all ‘abstract’ art as the product of a trivialising despair.
1966 Economist 28 May 970/3 He has serious doubts about the power of literary studies, as now practised, to act as a counterweight to the trivialising forces of our society.
1970 Radio Times 8 Oct. 66 It's true that television is endemically a trivialising medium, but it doesn't follow that it has to be it.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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