English-Finnish translations for dumb down

Definition of dumb down

• To convey some subject matter in simple terms, avoiding technical or academic language, especially in a way that is considered condescending
• To become simpler in expression or content; to become unacceptably simplistic

Synonyms

• oversimplify
• downplay
• simplify
• trivialise
• vulgarise
• vulgarize
• layman's terms

Examples

• The public wont understand this concept. We need to dumb down our explanation of it.
• Television has really dumbed down over the past ten years.

Related words

• talk down to
• write down
• water down