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

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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

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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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