Definition of "trivialize" [trivialize]

• To make or cause to appear trivial: tried to trivialize their criticisms. (verb-transitive)

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• "And there is a tendency to kind of trivialize those things as you get older, to kind of be patronizing about those things."
• "Maybe you should "trivialize" Mr. Murtaugh's letter, in its entirety."
• "So then those who "trivialize" a non-telic approach to biology, they being akin to holocaust deniers, should then be subject to the same judicial remedies."