dumb down
to simplify something
TRANSLATION
dumb (Amer.) = blöd; doof; dumm dumb = stumm --- to dumb sth. down = etw. stark vereinfacht darstellen to dumb down = das geistige Niveau so weit herunterschrauben, dass eine breite Masse erreicht wird LEO
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The BBC is worth the licence fee.... Resistance to funding the BBC will rise if the Corporation continues to DUMB DOWN daytime programming with cheap formula fillers and to copy the commercial channels.
Anyone who has viewed quite appalling programming.... banal adverts - via the 50 or so semi-local channels available in most locations in the USA which has a very open television sector - can see where this could take us in Britain."
(Simon Coulter, The Telegraph - 13th Oct. 2005)
Anyone who has viewed quite appalling programming.... banal adverts - via the 50 or so semi-local channels available in most locations in the USA which has a very open television sector - can see where this could take us in Britain."
(Simon Coulter, The Telegraph - 13th Oct. 2005)
Did you
know?
dumb down
phrasal verb
- To simplify, to rewrite for a less educated or less sophisticated audience.
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Synonyms for simplify:
make easy, abridge, boil down, break down, clarify, clean up, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, make clear, make plain, nutshell, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, streamline, unscramble
"The issue is very complex, I am afraid that if the press dumbs it down, many people will get the wrong idea"
phrasal verb
- To simplify, to rewrite for a less educated or less sophisticated audience.
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Synonyms for simplify:
make easy, abridge, boil down, break down, clarify, clean up, clear up, cut down, decipher, disentangle, elucidate, explain, facilitate, interpret, lay out, make clear, make plain, nutshell, order, reduce, shorten, spell out, streamline, unscramble
"The issue is very complex, I am afraid that if the press dumbs it down, many people will get the wrong idea"
