trivialize

Example Sentences

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She’s worried that these trending videos may trivialize the profession and those searching for pain relief.

From New York Times • Jun. 19, 2024

“The clarity of Assemblyman Gabriel’s legislation is necessary to change the current dynamic in which governments, museums, and collectors are incentivized to resist restitution and employ tactics and arguments that trivialize the Holocaust,” Dubbin said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 28, 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

“I expressed my concerns at the end of June because delinquents had used video game habits to trivialize the violence on social networks,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2023

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