bagatellize

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bagatellize

/ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/

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From bagatelle (“trifle; insubstantial thing”) + -ize. Compare German bagatellisieren.

verb bagatellizes · bagatellizing · bagatellized · bagatellise

rare, transitive To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle. Both at Mari and in Assyria, the prophetic demands for cultic perfection and social justice were theologically based on the divinely sanctioned position of the king between the gods and his people. Therefore, the criticism of the prophets should not be bagatellized, even though it may appear to us a
Similar: banalize, downplay, make little of, bagatellize, belittle, cut down, de-emphasize, denigrate, degrade, deprecate, derogate, disparage

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verb regard as a bagatelle

Deutsch	bagatellisieren

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@misc{bagatellize_2026,
  title = {bagatellize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/bagatellize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}