deemphasis
Making less important
Deemphasis is a reduction in stress or importance given to something.
A policy shift might involve a deemphasis on standardized testing.
In audio engineering, deemphasis is the technical process of reducing certain frequencies that were boosted during recording, restoring the original balance.
Express with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- play downDiminish perceived significance
- soft-pedalDiminish stated significance
- underemphasizeGive inadequate attention to
downplay · trivialize · diminish · discount · gloss over · brush aside · make light of · tone down
Becoming reduced in degree
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- loweringMoving something downward
- scaling backReducing size or extent
curtailing · cutback · paring down · trimming · tapering · winding down · phasing out · withdrawal
Celestial body blocks another
- outshineExceed in brilliance
- overshadowDominate by comparison
- dwarfDiminutive folkloric being
- dominateControl through superior strength
upstaging · displacement · supplanting · superseding · crowding out · sidelining · burying · obscuring
Intentional diminishment for effect
- restraintControl over impulses
- subduedReduced in intensity
- low-keyRestrained and understated
- mutedMade quieter or softer
understated · toned-down · soft-spoken · delicacy · tactfulness · discretion · reserve · moderation
understate
Express with restraint
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- play downDiminish perceived significance
- soft-pedalDiminish stated significance
underemphasize · downplay · trivialize · diminish · discount · gloss over · brush aside · make light of · tone down · mute
lessening
Becoming reduced in degree
- diminishingBecoming progressively less
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- loweringMoving something downward
scaling back · curtailing · cutback · paring down · trimming · tapering · winding down · phasing out · withdrawal · pullback
eclipse
Celestial body blocks another
- outshineExceed in brilliance
- overshadowDominate by comparison
- dwarfDiminutive folkloric being
dominate · upstaging · displacement · supplanting · superseding · crowding out · sidelining · burying · obscuring
understatement
Intentional diminishment for effect
muted · understated · toned-down · soft-spoken · delicacy · tactfulness · discretion · reserve · moderation · gentleness
deemphasisemphasis
Stress given to something
stress · accentuation · highlighting · foregrounding · underscoring
deemphasisemphasis
Stress given to something
highlighting · accentuation · playing up · overemphasis · stressing