trivialise

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A form of trivialize — To make something appear trivial

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trivialize
OriginEnglish trivial ← Latin triviālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

verbtrivialise (third-person singular simple present trivialises, present participle trivialising, simple past and past participle trivialised)

present singular third person trivialises · participle present trivialising · participle past trivialised · past trivialised

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of trivialize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbmake trivial or insignificant

Similar
trivialize
Broader
understateminimizeminimise
Also see
trivialize

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*tréyes
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tri-
  3. Proto-Italic*tri-
  4. Latintri-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyh₁-
  6. Proto-Italic*wiā
  7. Latinvia
  8. Latintrivius
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Latintriviālis
  12. Englishtrivial
  13. Englishtrivialise

From trivial + -ise.

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APA

trivialise. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivialise

MLA

“trivialise.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivialise. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trivialise,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trivialise.

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