noun
Meaning 1
One who popularizes something.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
popularizer
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: P AA1 P Y AH0 L ER0 AY2 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
someone who makes attractive to the general public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: populariser, vulgarizer, vulgariser
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: communicator
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 English popularize Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English popularizer From popularize + -er.
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Czech: popularizátor — one who popularizes something
- French: vulgarisateur — one who popularizes something
- Polish: popularyzator — one who popularizes something
- Spanish: popularizador — one who popularizes something