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vul·gar·ize  (vlg-rz)

tr.v. vul·gar·ized, vul·gar·iz·ing, vul·gar·iz·es

1. To make vulgar; debase: "What appalls him is the sheer cheesiness of TV iniquity. Television has even vulgarized hell" (Jack Kroll).

2. To disseminate widely; popularize.

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vulgar·i·zation (-gr--zshn) n.

vulgar·izer n.

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vulgarize or -ise

Verb

[-izing, -ized] or -ising, -ised

1. to make vulgar

2. to make (something little known or difficult to understand) popular

vulgarization
-isation n

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	vulgarize - 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, vulgarise, 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.	vulgarize - debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" vulgarise alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation; "The advent of the automobile may have altered the growth pattern of the city"; "The discussion has changed my thinking about the issue"
	3.	vulgarize - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" vulgarise behave, act, do - behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself; "You should act like an adult"; "Don't behave like a fool"; "What makes her do this way?"; "The dog acts ferocious, but he is really afraid of people"