Banalizes

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Causes a concept, idea, or work to lose its originality and appear trivial or obvious
2. Transforms an expression or subject to seem dull and lacking newness
3. Treats something creative or meaningful so that it feels commonplace and unremarkable

Etymology: This is an inflected form, so the key is the base verb "banalize" and the adjective beneath it. "Banal" came into English from French "banal", meaning ordinary or common to all, and it carries a sense of the shared and unremarkable that the French word took from feudal life. The suffix "-ize" arrived by a longer route: it descends from Ancient Greek "-izein", which formed verbs meaning "to make into" or "to treat in a certain way", passed through Late Latin "-izare", then Old French, and into English as "-ize". Adding it to "banal" yields a verb meaning to make something ordinary.

Synonyms: trivializes, diminishes, devalues, cheapens, reduces

Antonyms: elevates, enhances, valorizes, amplifies, magnifies