minimalize

English

Etymology

minimal +‎ -ize

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Verb

minimalize (third-person singular simple present minimalizes, present participle minimalizing, simple past and past participle minimalized)

1. To reduce to a minimum.
   • 1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 9:

     So if you only publicize it as a lesbian love story and don't take into consideration all the other elements that would attract people who want to go to the movies — like the country-western sound track and the Reno of the '50s, and the other relationships and characters — then you're going to minimalize your audience.

Derived terms

• minimalization

See also

• minimize