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noun
The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, Canada, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
The process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: British, Canada, English, Oxford, US, countable, uncommon, uncountable
Topics: sciences
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noun
the act of making something attractive to the general public
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: popularization, popularisation, vulgarisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: degradation, debasement
noun
the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: vulgarisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: degradation, debasement
History
Etymology tree English vulgar 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 vulgarization From vulgar + -ization.
