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trivialize

 verb
     
triv‧i‧al‧ize also trivialise British English [transitive]
to make something seem less important or serious than it really is - used to show disapproval:
The article trivializes the whole issue of equal rights.
The debate has been trivialized by the media.
—trivialization noun [uncountable]
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