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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.

popularize, popularise [ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz]
vb (tr)
1. to make popular; make attractive to the general public
2. to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable
popularization , popularisation n
popularizer , populariser n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.popularize - 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"
popularise, popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
disseminate, pass around, circulate, diffuse, broadcast, circularise, circularize, spread, disperse, propagate, distribute - cause to become widely known; "spread information"; "circulate a rumor"; "broadcast the news"
2.popularize - make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
gear, pitch - set the level or character of; "She pitched her speech to the teenagers in the audience"
popularise, popularize, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize - 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"

popularize
verb
1. make something popular, spread the word about, disseminate, universalize, give mass appeal to the first person to popularize rock `n' roll in China
2. simplify, make available to all, give currency to, give mass appeal to a magazine devoted to popularizing science
Translations
popularize [ˈpɒpjʊləraɪz] VT
1. (= make well-liked, acceptable) → popularizar
2. (= make available to the people) → divulgar
popularize [ˈpɒpjʊləraɪz] popularise (British) vt
(= make more popular) → populariser
(= make more approachable) [+ science] → vulgariser
popularize
vt
(= make well-liked)populär machen, zum Durchbruch verhelfen (+dat)
(= make understandable) sciencepopularisieren, unter das Volk bringen (inf); ideaszum Durchbruch verhelfen (+dat), → popularisieren
popularize [ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz] vt
a. (make well-liked, person) → rendere popolare; (make fashionable, product, fashion) → diffondere
b. (make accessible to laymen) → rendere accessibile ai più, divulgare; (science) → volgarizzare

popularize [ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz] vt
a. (make well-liked, person) → rendere popolare; (make fashionable, product, fashion) → diffondere
b. (make accessible to laymen) → rendere accessibile ai più, divulgare; (science) → volgarizzare


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