ba|nal|ize

ba|nal|ize
ba|nal|ize «BAY nuh lyz, BAN uh-», transitive verb, -ized, iz|ing.
to make banal; reduce to something commonplace or ordinary: »

These traits of good character have been banalized by advertising (Scientific American).

ba´nal|i|za´tion, noun.

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