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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.

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popu·lar·i·zation (-lr--zshn) n.

popu·lar·izer n.

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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

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	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, vulgarise, vulgarize, generalise, generalize 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" popularise 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"

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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) science → popularisieren, unter das Volk bringen (inf); ideas → zum 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