minimization
Shrinking to least
Minimization is the act of making something as small as possible or treating it as less significant than it is.
In mathematics and computing, minimization finds the lowest value of a function.
More commonly, it describes downplaying importance: His minimization of her concerns made her feel dismissed.
To minimize a window is to collapse it to an icon.
Become or make smaller
- lesseningBecoming reduced in degree
- shrinkageDecrease in size
- declineDecrease or refuse
- contractionReduction in size
diminution · curtailment · cutback · abatement · attenuation · lowering · compression · limiting
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- leanLacking fat; incline
- conservationPreventing waste or loss
economizing · cost-cutting · compact · space-saving · decluttering · consolidation · downsizing · frugality
Express low opinion of
- demeanLower in standing
- deprecateExpress earnest disapproval
- denigrateCriticize unfairly to harm
- underestimateJudge too low
undervalue · downplay · trivialize · discredit · deride · ridicule · devalue · dismiss
Refusal to accept reality
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- deflectionChange in trajectory
- evasionAct of escaping detection
dissociation · repression · suppression · numbing · distancing · detachment · coping mechanism · defense mechanism
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- constraintsLimits on action
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- linear programmingOptimization with straight-line constraints
- calculusMathematical analysis system
algorithm · convex · convergence · iteration · parameters · quadratic · heuristic
decrease
Become or make smaller
contraction · diminution · curtailment · cutback · abatement · attenuation · lowering · compression · limiting · narrowing
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- streamliningMaking more aerodynamic or efficient
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- leanLacking fat; incline
conservation · economizing · cost-cutting · compact · space-saving · decluttering · consolidation · downsizing · frugality · restraint
disparage
Express low opinion of
underestimate · undervalue · downplay · trivialize · discredit · deride · ridicule · devalue · dismiss · marginalize
denial
Refusal to accept reality
- avoidanceDeliberate keeping away
- rationalizationInventing acceptable motives afterward
- deflectionChange in trajectory
evasion · dissociation · repression · suppression · numbing · distancing · detachment · coping mechanism · defense mechanism · normalization
optimization
Maximizing efficiency or performance
- constraintsLimits on action
- variablesChangeable elements in equations
- linear programmingOptimization with straight-line constraints
calculus · algorithm · convex · convergence · iteration · parameters · quadratic · heuristic
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- excusesexcuse, not my fault, overslept, alibi, excuses
- quantity changesincrease, decrease, rise, fall, gain
- coping mechanismsrepression, denial, projection, sublimation, rationalization
- defense mechanismsdenial, projection, repression, suppression, displacement
- self-deceptiondenial, delusion, wishful thinking, rationalization, willful blindness
minimizationexaggeration
Overstating beyond reality
overstatement · hyperbole · amplification · magnification · overemphasis
minimizationcatastrophizing
Imagining worst-case outcomes
maximization · overreaction · alarmism · magnification · dramatization
minimizationmaximization
Achieving greatest possible amount
maximisation · amplification · optimization · augmentation · expansion