trivialize

verb

triv·​i·​al·​ize ˈtri-vē-ə-ˌlīz 

trivialized; trivializing

transitive verb

: to make trivial : reduce to triviality

The editorial tries to trivialize a serious problem.

trivialization

ˌtri-vē-ə-lə-ˈzā-shən 

noun

Examples of trivialize in a Sentence

The news story trivialized the problem.

He is trivializing the situation.

Recent Examples on the Web

Top Democrats have turned the President's comments against him, accusing Trump of trivializing the deaths of American service members. — Mary Bruce, ABC News, 22 July 2026

Sometimes the dangerousness of plastic surgery gets trivialized in this world of Housewives, where a nip and tuck is akin to getting a new wardrobe. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026

Bungie quickly got out a few nerfs to items or bugs that were trivializing every boss encounter in the game, but if there is one outlier overpowered meta, that’s just going to stay. — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026

Some people don’t like to see what can amount to a signature, or a standout flash at 200 mph, trivialized by regular changes. — Alex Kalinauckas, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trivialize

• advertise
• aggrandize
• alibis
• alkalies
• alkalis
• amortize
• amplifies
• analyse
• analyze
• anywise
• authorize
• butterflies