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minimization - portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.

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- portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Warnock trivializes the significance of his position on the size of the Supreme Court, given what he portrays as the more urgent struggles of everyday people during the pandemic. more...

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- portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Blunt trivializes concerns about Trump’s use of falsehoods, given what he claims are issues of greater public concern. more...

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- portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Gorka downplays Trump’s failure to address election meddling by Putin, given what he claims are more urgent priorities like saving lives in Syria. more...

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- portraying something you don't want to address as trivial or insignificant, to divert attention from it and onto matters deemed more important.
: Obama trivializes the scrutiny of his past positions, given what he believes average voters are more concerned about, like healthcare and college. more...