noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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noun
Meaning 1
The act of making something popular to the general public.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, English, Oxford, US
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 2
the act of making something attractive to the general public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: popularisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: interpretation
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English popularization From popular + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Asturian:
popularización
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Belarusian:
папулярыза́цыя
(papuljaryzácyja)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Catalan:
popularització
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Chinese Mandarin:
通俗性
(tōngsúxìng)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Chinese Mandarin:
大眾化 /大众化
(dàzhònghuà)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Chinese Mandarin:
普及化
(pǔjíhuà)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Czech:
popularizace
— the act of making something popular to the general public
French:
popularisation
— the act of making something popular to the general public
French:
vulgarisation
— the act of making something popular to the general public
German:
Popularisierung
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Hungarian:
népszerűsítés
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Italian:
volgarizzazione
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Japanese:
大衆化
(taishūka)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Korean:
통속성
(tongsokseong)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Korean:
통속화
(tongsokhwa)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Korean:
대중화
(daejunghwa)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Polish:
popularyzacja
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Portuguese:
popularização
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Russian:
популяриза́ция
(populjarizácija)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Spanish:
popularización
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Spanish:
vulgarización
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Spanish:
difusión
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Swedish:
populärisering
— the act of making something popular to the general public
Ukrainian:
популяриза́ція
(populjaryzácija)
— the act of making something popular to the general public
