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banalize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ba-nal-ize
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make banal or commonplace.

Transitive verb

Etymology

Etymology tree English banal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English banalize From banal + -ize.

Usage

Inflected Forms

banalizes (present, singular) banalizing (participle, present) banalized (participle, past) banalized (past)

Synonyms

bagatellize downplay trivialize banalize belittle cut down de-emphasize denigrate degrade deprecate derogate disparage

Questions

What does banalize mean?
To make banal or commonplace.
Where does banalize come from?
Etymology tree English banal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize English banalize From banal + -ize.

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