The phrase "the downplaying of" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used to describe a situation where someone is attempting to minimize or belittle the importance of something. For example, "The leader was accused of the downplaying of scientific evidence that contradicted his narrative."
Such sentiment, and the downplaying of his team's talents, has irked Lennon.
The downplaying of acquaintance rape in the media leads the public to believe that this kind of sexual assault is an uncommon phenomenon.
The downplaying of Islamist antisemitism, the provision of alibis for genocidal racists, the painting of any anti-racist that takes antisemitism seriously as part of a sinister Zionist plot.
To some extent it lies in the downplaying of causality issues — of whether high debt causes slow growth, slow growth causes high debt, or both high debt and slow growth are the result of third factors (as was the case in demobilizing postwar America, which they highlighted in their original paper).
"While we continue to think the MPC's rhetoric could change swiftly, the downplaying of inflation surprises in the central forecast is enough to call for the first tightening move from the MPC back to November from August," said Malcolm Barr, UK economist at JP Morgan.
In the September ruling, the council's monitoring director, Paul Frisch, wrote to Dr. Carroll to say that the program was "found to be commercially biased" and cited "the absence of contrasting therapy data and the downplaying of drawbacks related to the therapy".
Here's the big question then: What does the new downplaying of the unemployment rate mean for the rest of us?
An interesting theme in the futures clinique was the simultaneous emphasis and downplaying of the role of technology.
Denial of pain in the child or a downplaying of the harmful effects of pain was reported as major reasons for undertreatment.
With this in mind, we suggest the use of scenario-based risk information that addresses doubts about personal risks and the consequences of downplaying of risk.
Is the government downplaying the threat of flood?
