What is Dumbing Down?
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The act of taking a product and watering down elements of it to make it appeal to a broader mass market. This often damages or destroys the very elements that gave the product any appeal in the first place.
Today, many video games are dumbed-down in an attempt to reach mass market audiences for higher profits, instead of loyal hardcore niche audiences.
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Pronunciation: ə-ˈna-ni-gən
Function: noun
Etymology: office prank
Date: 2008
1: a devious trick used especially for an humorous ..