deemphasize

Alternative form of de-emphasize.

Verb

  1. Alternative form of de-emphasize.
    • In an article in Athletics Journal, Paul A. Smith described fartlek as "a continuous overdistance run with numerous faster-paced interval runs interspersed, until the runner feels tired, but not exhausted." Smith...
    • One way to minimize or mitigate the copycat effect is to deemphasize the perpetrator and deglorify the violence in real and fictional stories. - 2023, Jacqueline B. Helfgott, Copycat Crime:

Origin

From de- + emphasize.

Forms

deemphasizes deemphasizing deemphasized