bagatellize en · VERB
Pronunciation
- /ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/
Etymology
From bagatelle (“trifle; insubstantial thing”) + -ize. Compare German bagatellisieren.
Meanings
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(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 as pedantic or indifferent from the ethical point of view.²⁶
2017, Martti Nissinen, Ancient Prophecy: Near Eastern, Biblical, and Greek Perspectives, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bagatellizes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bagatellized | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bagatellized | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| bagatellizing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bagatellise | alternative | lexicographic |
Synonyms
cut down · dispraise · trivialize · minimize · underestimate · vilipend · make little of · bagatellize · underplay · understate · banalize · disparage · lilliputianize · downplay · make little of · make nothing of · de-emphasize · derogate · belittle · downplay · set at nought · superficialize · banalize · denigrate · deprecate · play down · degrade
Translations (11)
de bagatellisieren (regard as a bagatelle) · se bagatelliseret (regard as a bagatelle) · hsb bagatelizować (regard as a bagatelle) · pl lekceważyć (regard as a bagatelle) · pl zbagatelizować (regard as a bagatelle) · fi bagatellisoida (regard as a bagatelle) · pl zlekceważyć (regard as a bagatelle) · hu bagatellizál (regard as a bagatelle) · nl bagatelliseren (regard as a bagatelle) · sv bagatellisera (regard as a bagatelle) · pl bagatelizować (regard as a bagatelle)