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vulgarize

verb

1 vulgarize

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use:
— Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors.

synonyms: generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise.

Dutch: populariseren, vulgariseren

2 vulgarize

Debase and make vulgar:
— The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage.

synonym: vulgarise.

3 vulgarize

Act in a vulgar manner:
— The drunkard tends to vulgarize.

synonym: vulgarise.


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