trivialize
verb
triv·i·al·ize
ˈtri-vē-ə-ˌlīz 
trivialized; trivializing
: to make trivial : reduce to triviality
The editorial tries to trivialize a serious problem.
Examples of trivialize in a Sentence
The news story trivialized the problem.
He is trivializing the situation.
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Jewish groups and the Holocaust Museum condemned the remarks as trivializing genocide and abusing history, urging leaders to stop exploiting Holocaust imagery for political attacks.
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Their comic-book quality risks trivializing material that requires no such framing.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Too often, companies trivialize this essential question, reducing it to the hunt for a right price.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
But in only mentioning those two reasons, and not exploring more serious ones, Williamson trivialized the issue—and the lives of women.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
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Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Their comic-book quality risks trivializing material that requires no such framing.
—Beandrea July, IndieWire, 29 Jan. 2026
Too often, companies trivialize this essential question, reducing it to the hunt for a right price.
—Esade Business & Law School, Forbes.com, 23 Jan. 2026
But in only mentioning those two reasons, and not exploring more serious ones, Williamson trivialized the issue—and the lives of women.
—Ellie Austin, Fortune, 14 Jan. 2026
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“Trivialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trivialize. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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