as in minimizing
to reduce in apparent importance
he self-deprecatingly downplays his own contributions to the festival's success
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Recent Examples of downplaying
Generalizing positivity in all situations can lead to denying or downplaying real emotions or even logical counterarguments to a superficially optimistic perception.
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Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Instead of downplaying your achievements, celebrate them.
—Lissele Pratt, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Tangent Vance doubled down on his claims, insisting on CNN that constituents reported to his office directly that their pets were being taken and eaten and accusing the media of downplaying the incidents.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Yet such perspective among Americans is rare, in part because the Western media often adopted the Clinton administration’s cheery narrative, downplaying negative phenomena as bumps in the road toward a democratic Russia.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
Mark Travers, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Instead of downplaying your achievements, celebrate them.
—Lissele Pratt, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Tangent Vance doubled down on his claims, insisting on CNN that constituents reported to his office directly that their pets were being taken and eaten and accusing the media of downplaying the incidents.
—Sara Dorn, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
Yet such perspective among Americans is rare, in part because the Western media often adopted the Clinton administration’s cheery narrative, downplaying negative phenomena as bumps in the road toward a democratic Russia.
—Robert David English, Foreign Affairs, 10 Mar. 2017
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“Downplaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/downplaying. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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