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pop·u·lar·ize  (ppy-l-rz)
tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es
1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle.
2. To present in a widely understandable or acceptable form: popularize technical material for a general audience.

popu·lar·i·zation (-lr--zshn) n.
popu·lar·izer n.
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Noun1.popularization - an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable
interpretation - an explanation that results from interpreting something; "the report included his interpretation of the forensic evidence"
2.popularization - the act of making something attractive to the general public
degradation, debasement - changing to a lower state (a less respected state)


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Only in our self-confident day of the popularization of knowledge- thanks to that most powerful engine of ignorance, the diffusion of printed matter- has the question of the freedom of will been put on a level on which the question itself cannot exist.
 
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