dumb down

semplificare eccessivamente

Rendere le idee troppo semplici, spesso sottovalutando l’intelligenza delle persone.

In inglese semplice: To make ideas too simple, often treating people as less intelligent than they are.

• Do not dumb down the lesson.
• They dumbed down the report for television.
• Can we explain this clearly without dumbing it down?

Come si usa: dumb something down (The editor asked us to dumb the article down.)

Sinonimi: oversimplify

Espressioni comuni: dumb down something, dumb something down

impoverirsi

Diventare troppo semplice, perdendo idee o dettagli utili.

In inglese semplice: To become too simple and lose useful ideas or detail.

• The news has dumbed down.
• Television dumbed down as channels competed for viewers.
• Has public debate dumbed down in recent years?

Sinonimi: become simplistic

Espressioni comuni: dumb down gradually, dumb down over time