verb
- past tense and past participle of banalize; made banal or commonplace; stripped of originality or freshness
Usage: formal; often used in literary or critical contexts
Examples
- The once-powerful symbol had been banalized by overuse in advertising.
- Critics argued that the film banalized a serious historical tragedy.
- Repeated exposure to the image banalized its emotional impact.
- The concept was banalized through constant repetition in popular media.
- What began as a profound idea was gradually banalized by commercial exploitation.
- The artist felt her work had been banalized by cheap imitations.