The act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is — and the result of doing so. It is the noun for what the verb `trivialize` does, and like the verb it is a criticism.

The act of making something seem less important or less serious than it really is把某件事講得比實際上不重要、不嚴肅的這個動作——and the result of doing so以及這樣做出來的結果。It is它是the noun for what the verb `trivialize` does動詞`trivialize`所做的事的名詞形式，and like the verb而且跟動詞一樣it is a criticism它帶著批評的意味。

You meet it most in serious writing about how a subject is being treated in public: "the trivialization of mental illness in advertising", "a trivialization of the war". The structure is almost always "the trivialization of X", where X is something the writer thinks deserves respect — grief, history, violence, a disease, someone's work.

You meet it most你最常在in serious writing about how a subject is being treated in public討論某個議題在公開場合被怎麼對待的正經文章裡碰到它：「the trivialization of mental illness in advertising」「the trivialization of mental illness in advertising」（廣告把精神疾病講得無關緊要）、「a trivialization of the war」「a trivialization of the war」（把戰爭講得無關緊要）。The structure這個結構is almost always "the trivialization of X"幾乎都是"the trivialization of X"，where X is something the writer thinks deserves respect X是作者認為該被認真對待的東西——grief悲傷、history歷史、violence暴力、a disease疾病、someone's work或某人的作品。

The complaint is usually not that anyone lied. It is about the FRAME: turning a serious thing into entertainment, a joke, a slogan, or a small shopping decision, so that people stop taking it seriously. That is why the word appears so often in criticism of media, film and advertising.

The complaint這個抱怨is usually not that anyone lied通常不是說有人說謊。It is about the FRAME重點在於「框架」被換掉了：turning a serious thing into entertainment把一件嚴肅的事變成娛樂、a joke笑話、a slogan口號，or a small shopping decision或一個小小的購物決定，so that people stop taking it seriously讓人不再認真看待它。That is why正因如此the word appears so often in criticism of media, film and advertising這個詞才這麼常出現在對媒體、電影、廣告的批評裡。

Spelling: British writing usually has `trivialisation` with an s, American writing `trivialization` with a z; both are correct in their own place. `Trivialisation` is a heavy, formal word — in conversation people say "they're making it sound like nothing".

Spelling拼法上：British writing usually has `trivialisation` with an s英式英文通常拼成trivialisation，用s，American writing `trivialization` with a z美式英文拼成trivialization，用z；both are correct in their own place兩種在各自的地方都對。`Trivialisation`這個詞is a heavy, formal word很正式、很重，in conversation people say "they're making it sound like nothing"口語裡大家會說"they're making it sound like nothing"（他們把這件事講得好像沒什麼）。