minimalize
verbEtymology From minimal + -ize.
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To reduce to a minimum.
- 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.1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
- Derived terms
- minimalization
- Related terms
- minimize