banaliser

Senses

1. 1.

   to make banal; to render commonplace

   to strip of originality or distinctiveness; to make trivial or ordinary

2. 2.

   to trivialize

   to treat or present something serious as if it were insignificant

3. 3.

   to normalize; to make routine

   to cause something unusual or extraordinary to become ordinary practice

Examples

• "La télévision a banalisé la violence."

  Television has made violence commonplace.

• "On ne doit pas banaliser les problèmes de santé mentale."

  We must not trivialize mental health issues.

• "Les réseaux sociaux ont banalisé le partage d'informations personnelles."

  Social media has normalized the sharing of personal information.

Usage

Standard formal verb in French; reflexive form (se banaliser) means "to become commonplace" or "to lose one's distinctiveness." Frequently used in media criticism and social commentary. Note the spelling: -iser ending (not -izer), standard in French.