trivialising
Making something insignificant
Trivialising is treating something as less important, serious, or complex than it actually is.
The word often carries criticism—to trivialise someone's concerns is to dismiss them unfairly: Stop trivialising my feelings.
News coverage that trivialises complex issues reduces them to shallow takes.
Also spelled trivializing.
Diminishing perceived significance
- underplayingDeliberately understating something
- understatingRepresenting as less significant
- glossing overSuperficially covering faults
- playing downMinimizing importance of something
soft-pedaling · whitewashing · diminishing · lessening · reducing · marginalizing · sidelining · backgrounding
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
- deridingExpressing scornful contempt
- ridiculingMocking with contempt
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
- scorningExpressing strong contempt
taunting · jeering · lampooning · caricaturing · disdaining · contemptuous · scoffing · satirizing
Causing loss of respect
- degradingLowering in worth
- cheapeningReducing in value
- debasingLowering in quality
- loweringMoving something downward
diminishing · discrediting · delegitimizing · undermining · depreciating · denigrating · disrespecting · slighting
Deliberately not considering
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
- discountingReducing prices offered
- neglectingFailing to attend to
rebuffing · spurning · snubbing · waving away · brushing off · flippant · glib · cavalier
downplaying
Diminishing perceived significance
- underplayingDeliberately understating something
- understatingRepresenting as less significant
- glossing overSuperficially covering faults
playing down · soft-pedaling · whitewashing · diminishing · lessening · reducing · marginalizing · sidelining · backgrounding · de-emphasizing
mocking
Scornfully imitating or ridiculing
- deridingExpressing scornful contempt
- ridiculingMocking with contempt
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
scorning · taunting · jeering · lampooning · caricaturing · disdaining · contemptuous · scoffing · satirizing · jibing
demeaning
Causing loss of respect
- degradingLowering in worth
- cheapeningReducing in value
- debasingLowering in quality
lowering · diminishing · discrediting · delegitimizing · undermining · depreciating · denigrating · disrespecting · slighting · dishonoring
disregarding
Deliberately not considering
- ignoringDeliberately not noticing
- overlookingFailing to see or consider
- discountingReducing prices offered
neglecting · rebuffing · spurning · snubbing · waving away · brushing off · flippant · glib · cavalier · offhand
trivialisingmagnifying
Increasing perceived size
aggrandizing · exaggerating · overstating · amplifying · inflating
trivialisinghonoring
Recognizing with respect
dignifying · venerating · respecting · solemnizing · commemorating
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