trivialize
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trivialised, past participle; trivialises, 3rd person singular present; trivialised, past tense; trivialized, past tense; trivializes, 3rd person singular present; trivialized, past participle; trivialising, present participle; trivializing, present participle;
/ˈtrivēəˌlīz/,
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trivialised, past participle; trivialises, 3rd person singular present; trivialised, past tense; trivialized, past tense; trivializes, 3rd person singular present; trivialized, past participle; trivialising, present participle; trivializing, present participle;
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Make (something) seem less important, significant, or complex than it really is
- - the problem was either trivialized or ignored by teachers
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- make trivial or insignificant; "Don't trivialize the seriousness of the issue!"
- (Trivialization) In mathematics, and particularly topology, a fiber bundle (or, in BrE, fibre bundle) is intuitively a space E which locally "looks" like a product space B × F, but globally may have a different topological structure. ...
- (Trivializing) Minimisation is a type of deceptionGuerrero, L., Anderson, P., Afifi, W. (2007). Close Encounters: Communication in Relationships (2nd ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications. involving denial coupled with rationalisation in situations where complete denial is implausible. ...
- To make something appear trivial