What does downplay mean?

Definitions for downplay
ˈdaʊnˌpleɪdown·play

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. understate, minimize, minimise, downplayverb

    represent as less significant or important

  2. background, play down, downplayverb

    understate the importance or quality of

    "he played down his royal ancestry"

Wiktionary

  1. 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

  1. 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.

ChatGPT

  1. 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

  1. 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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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of downplay in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of downplay in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of downplay in a Sentence

  1. Douglas Feith:

    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.

  2. Vladimir Putin:

    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.

  3. Prince Harry:

    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.

  4. Jordan Greenbaum:

    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.

  5. Jason Chaffetz:

    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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