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Etymology
From minimal + -ize.
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Verb
minimalize (third-person singular simple present minimalizes, present participle minimalizing, simple past and past participle minimalized)
- To reduce to a minimum.
1986 April 19, Loie Hayes, Donna Deitch, “Leapin' Lesbians!”, in Gay Community News, page 9: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.
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