trivialization
Reducing perceived importance
Trivialization is the act of making something seem less important, serious, or complex than it actually is.
The word often carries criticism—to accuse someone of trivialization is to say they're dismissing what matters: His jokes about the disaster were a trivialization of people's suffering.
The verb is trivialize.
Expressing contempt or dismissiveness
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- minimizationMaking as small as possible
- underestimationJudging below actual value
- brushing offDisregarding without consideration
shrugging off · glossing over · hand-waving · disregard · neglect · marginalization · sidelining · discounting
Stripping complexity unfairly
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
- dumbing downMaking content less challenging
- dilutionReduction in concentration
cheapening · devaluation · diminishment · degradation · erosion · hollowing out · flattening · sanitization
Contemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scoffingMocking with contempt
- sneeringExpressing scorn facially
disdain · condescension · patronizing · disparagement · belittlement · disrespect · irreverence · flippancy
belittling
Expressing contempt or dismissiveness
- downplayingDiminishing perceived significance
- minimizationMaking as small as possible
- underestimationJudging below actual value
brushing off · shrugging off · glossing over · hand-waving · disregard · neglect · marginalization · sidelining · discounting · writing off
oversimplification
Stripping complexity unfairly
- simplificationMaking something less complex
- reductionismExplaining wholes through parts
- dumbing downMaking content less challenging
dilution · cheapening · devaluation · diminishment · degradation · erosion · hollowing out · flattening · sanitization · bowdlerization
derision
Contemptuous mockery
- mockeryScornful ridicule or travesty
- ridiculeContemptuous mocking treatment
- scoffingMocking with contempt
sneering · disdain · condescension · patronizing · disparagement · belittlement · disrespect · irreverence · flippancy · sarcasm
- diminished importancedemotion, downgrade, deprecation, marginalization, devaluation
- oversimplificationsoversimplification, generalization, blanket statement, reductionism, dumbing-down
- fiber bundlesfiber, section, sections, connection
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
- simplificationsimplification, simplifying, simplify, condensing, simplified
- impietyungodliness, unholiness, irreverence, sacrilege, blasphemy
trivializationmagnification
Degree of visual enlargement
amplification · aggrandizement · exaltation · glorification · elevation
trivializationemphasis
Stress given to something
accentuation · highlighting · underscoring · spotlighting · dramatization
trivializationgravitas
Dignified, weighty manner
dignification · substantiation · validation · recognition · acknowledgment