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/ˈbæɡətɛlˌaɪz/ · verb
(transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle..
Both at Mari and in Assyria, the prophetic demands for cultic perfection and social justice were theologically based on the divinely sanctioned position of the king between the gods and his people. Therefore, the criticism of the prophets should not be bagatellized, even though it may appear to us as pedantic or indifferent from the ethical point of view.²⁶
Use bagatellize when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Bagatellize means (transitive, rare) To regard as a bagatelle; to play down, trivialize or belittle..
Common synonyms include banalize, downplay, make little of, bagatellize.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Both at Mari and in Assyria, the prophetic demands for cultic perfection and social justice were theologically based on the divinely sanctioned position of the king between the gods and his people. Therefore, the criticism of the prophets should not be bagatellized, even though it may appear to us as pedantic or indifferent from the ethical point of view.²⁶
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