banalize

[buh-nal-ahyz, -nah-lahyz, beyn-l-ahyz]

ba·nal·ize

[buh-nal-ahyz, -nah-lahyz, beyn-l-ahyz]
verb (used with object), ba·nal·ized, ba·nal·iz·ing.
to render or make banal; trivialize: Television has often been accused of banalizing even the most serious subjects.
Also, especially British, ba·nal·ise.


Origin:
1960–65; banal + -ize
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2012.
Cite This Source Link To banalize

00:10

00:09

00:08

00:07

00:06

00:05

00:04

00:03

00:02

00:01

Banalize is one of our favorite verbs.
So is yaff. Does it mean:
to bark; yelp.
to flee; abscond:
Dictionary.com, LLC. Copyright © 2012. All rights reserved.
  • Please Login or Sign Up to use the Recent Searches feature
FAVORITES
RECENT