minimalize

present singular third person minimalizes · participle present minimalizing · participle past minimalized · past minimalized

1. To reduce to a minimum.

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   So if you only publicize it as a lesbian love story and don't take into consideration all the other elements that would attract people who want to go to the movies — like the country-western sound track and the Reno of the '50s, and the other relationships and characters — then you're going to minimalize your audience.

   1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 9