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VULGARIZE
vulgarize, vulgarise
(verb) act in a vulgar manner; “The drunkard tends to vulgarize”
vulgarise, vulgarize
(verb) debase and make vulgar; “The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage”
popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
(verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; “They popularized coffee in Washington State”; “Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
vulgarize (third-person singular simple present vulgarizes, present participle vulgarizing, simple past and past participle vulgarized)
To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar.
Synonyms
• debase
• dumb down
Antonyms
• ennoble
Source: Wiktionary
Vul"gar*ize, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Vulgarized; p. pr. & vb. n. Vulgarizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. vulgariser, LL. vulgarizare.]
Definition: To make vulgar, or common. Exhortation vulgarized by low wit. V. Knox.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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