Usage of "making light of"

Minimisation or minimization is a type of deception involving denial coupled with rationalisation/rationalization in situations where complete denial is implausible.

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exaggeration

Ús de making light of en anglès

I'm not making light of him pushing our father down the stairs. 
 Voices 

I resented Snow making light of the monster who'd controlled Ric's childhood. 
 Silver zombie: delilah street: paranormal investigator 

He is, if he thinks anyone is making light of his name. 
 When A Man's A Man 

Very gently the doctor told him, making light of his temporary weakness. 
 The Golden House 

Second of all: I don't appreciate you making light of this. 
 Children of dust: a memoir of pakistan 

Despite my efforts at making light of the whole thing, Nick wasn't fooled. 
 The Lost Sisterhood 

In Moscow, protesters had banners making light of the cold weather. 
 The Irish Times 

The next night she was sitting up and making light of her illness. 
 His Family 

People thoughtlessly accused him of making light of the interests of his family. 
 The Personal Life of David Livingstone / Chiefly from his Unpubl... 

Farfrae, happy, and thinking no evil, persisted in making light of her fears. 
 The Mayor of Casterbridge 

Not exactly worried, but I thought perhaps he was making light of it. 
 Tom Swift and His Undersea Search; Or, the Treasure on the Floor... 

Love returned triumphant, making light of all other claims and considerations. 
 The Mayor of Warwick 

I was disgusted to hear staff making light of the death. 
 The Guardian 

Bell's cheerfulness and his habit of making light of difficulties were very contagious. 
 Grain and Chaff from an English Manor 

Think of a girl wantonly making light of such a chance as hers! 
 Roderick Hudson 

Whose cartoon, making light of the Samoa measles epidemic, caused an outcry last week? 
 Radio NZ 

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Significats de making light of en anglès