to de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential

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Definition of to de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential in English English dictionary

To de-emphasize; to present or portray as less important or consequential.
downplay

He would sometimes downplay his Princeton education by saying simply that he went to school in New Jersey.