Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bagatellize

/ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bagatel-lize
IPA: /ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"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"

Etymology

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

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

bagatellizes (present, singular) bagatellizing (participle, present) bagatellized (participle, past) bagatellized (past) bagatellise (alternative)

Synonyms

banalize downplay make little of bagatellize belittle cut down de-emphasize denigrate degrade deprecate derogate disparage

Questions

How do you pronounce bagatellize?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/.
What does bagatellize mean?: To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle.
Where does bagatellize come from?: From bagatelle (“trifle; insubstantial thing”) + -ize. Compare German bagatellisieren.

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