What does downplay mean?
Definitions for downplay
ˈdaʊnˌpleɪdown·play
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Princeton's WordNet
understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb
represent as less significant or important
background, play down, downplayverb
understate the importance or quality of
"he played down his royal ancestry"
Wiktionary
downplayverb
To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.
Wikipedia
Downplay
Downplay is an American alternative metal band formed in Athens, Ohio, in 2003, and is now based in Columbus, Ohio. The group consists of vocalist Dustin Bates, bassist Ron DeChant, and drummer Brian Patrick. The band has released five full studio albums and three EPs to date and have recorded with producer Dave Fortman. Their song, "Hated You From Hello" was featured for Game Changer of the Year in the 2011 WWE Slammys.
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downplay
Downplay refers to the act of making something appear less important, significant, or serious than it actually is, often in order to minimize criticism or negative attention. This might be done through careful choice of words, diverting attention, understatements, or presenting counterarguments.
Wikidata
Downplay
Downplay is an American rock band formed in Athens, Ohio in 2002 and now based in Columbus, Ohio. The band consists of Dustin Bates, Ron DeChant and Brian Patrick. The band has released four albums to date and is recording their major label debut with producer Dave Fortman. Their song "Hated You From Hello" was featured for Game Changer of the Year in the 2011 WWE Slammy's.
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play down
playdown
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of downplay in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of downplay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of downplay in a Sentence
The Obama administration has tended to downplay, to belittle, the ideological importance of the problem, you can't explain away the terrorism problem as a matter of economic and political frustration.
It was overall successful and led to productive agreements, we will have to wait and see, of course, what turn the events will take, all the more so as certain forces in America are trying to downplay and disavow the results of the Helsinki summit.
We have seen time and again what happens when the real-world cost of misinformation is disregarded. There is no way to downplay this, there was a literal attack on democracy in the United States, organised on social media, which is an issue of violent extremism.
People tend to downplay the mental health repercussions of sexual abuse, especially online abuse, research is showing, and there's just a little research so far, that the online component of sexual abuse can be particularly distressing...It really takes a toll, and parents and the public may not recognize that in younger kids.
Fox News is disgusting for her to downplay Fox News, and I think the American people knew Fox News. She did nothing about Fox News at the time, and this tragedy was entirely preventable, except her State Department was inept in protecting Americans in Benghazi, i ’m sure she ca n’t even look in the mirror and face the fact that, on her watch, they lost four Americans, and it’s disgusting she ca n’t live up to it, even today.
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