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dumb down
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dumb downverb
Synonyms:
simplify, vulgarise, vulgarize, trivialise, oversimplifydumb downverb
To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending.
The public won't understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.
Synonyms:
trivialise, vulgarize, oversimplify, vulgarise, simplifydumb downverb
To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic.
Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.
Synonyms:
vulgarise, trivialise, vulgarize, simplify, oversimplify
Words popularity by usage frequency
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| #12237 | simplify | |
| #174326 | oversimplify |
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