trivialize
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I don’t think that is a huge movement — to trivialize — as much as to say, “Hey, we should actually fight it where it is, fight it where the problems are.”
From Salon • Oct. 25, 2024
"It saddens us that someone with his reach and status would seem to trivialize the incident that led to such an outcome and heap further pain and suffering upon the family and friends of Anthony."
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2023
And while its intensity and dedication is easy to dismiss or trivialize, its rise has reshaped how we view — and, by extension, the power of — a TV genre that’s typically not taken seriously.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 18, 2023
“And petitioner’s persistent attempts to equate this case with Brown trivialize the grievous legal and moral wrongs of segregation.”
From New York Times • Oct. 30, 2022
Visual analysis can help us to appreciate the beauty of a masterpiece, but we must be careful not to use a formulaic approach that would trivialize it.
From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson
Vocabulary lists containing trivialize
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