vulgarize

vul·gar·ize (v

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)

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.

vulgar·i·zation (-g

-z

n) n.

vulgar·izer n.

vulgarize, vulgarise [ˈvʌlgəˌraɪz]

vb (tr)

1. to make commonplace or vulgar; debase

2. to make (something little known or difficult to understand) widely known or popular among the public; popularize

vulgarization , vulgarisation n

vulgarizer , vulgariser n

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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"

Translations

vulgarize [ˈvʌlgəraɪz] VT → vulgarizar

vulgarize

(= make coarse) → vulgarisieren

(= popularize) → popularisieren, allgemein verständlich machen

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ACT behave broadcast circularise circularize circulate diffuse disperse disseminate distribute DO generalise generalize kitsch kitschness materialization materialize pass around Plebification	The occasional emergence of an Equilateral from the ranks of his serf-born ancestors is welcomed, not only by the poor serfs themselves, as a gleam of light and hope shed upon the monotonous squalor of their existence, but also by the Aristocracy at large; for all the higher classes are well aware that these rare phenomena, while they do little or nothing to vulgarize their own privileges, serve as a most useful barrier against revolution from below. Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context She felt that at that moment she could not put into words the sense of shame, of rapture, and of horror at this stepping into a new life, and she did not want to speak of it, to vulgarize this feeling by inappropriate words. Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context Moreover, I was an irreclaimable sentimentalist, and found a subtle charm in an impersonal and spiritual relation which acquaintance might vulgarize and marriage would certainly dispel. Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context	vulcanised vulcaniser vulcanism Vulcanist vulcanite vulcanization vulcanize vulcanized vulcanized fiber Vulcanized rubber Vulcanizer Vulcano vulcanologist vulcanology Vulg. vulgar vulgar fraction Vulgar Latin vulgarian vulgarisation vulgarise vulgariser vulgarism vulgarity Vulgarization vulgarize vulgarizer vulgarly Vulgarness vulgate vuln Vulnerability vulnerability analysis vulnerability assessment vulnerability program vulnerability study vulnerable vulnerable area vulnerable node vulnerable point Vulnerableness vulnerably vulnerary Vulnerate Vulneration Vulnerose Vulnific Vulnose Vulpecula vulpecular Vulpes	Vulgar series Vulgar Sociologism vulgare vulgarian vulgarian vulgarians vulgarians vulgaris vulgarisation vulgarisations vulgarise vulgarised vulgariser vulgarises vulgarising vulgarism vulgarism vulgarism vulgarism vulgarisms vulgarisms vulgarisms vulgarities vulgarities vulgarity vulgarity vulgarity vulgarization vulgarization vulgarizations vulgarize vulgarized vulgarizer vulgarizes vulgarizing vulgarly vulgarly vulgarness vulgarness Vulgata Vulgata Vulgate Vulgate Vulgate Vulgate Bible Vulgate Bible Vulgus VULI Vulkaneshty vuln vuln vulned Vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities Vulnerabilities vulnerability vulnerability vulnerability vulnerability vulnerability

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behave
broadcast
circularise
circularize
circulate
diffuse
disperse
disseminate
distribute
DO
generalise
generalize
kitsch
kitschness
materialization
materialize
pass around
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The occasional emergence of an Equilateral from the ranks of his serf-born ancestors is welcomed, not only by the poor serfs themselves, as a gleam of light and hope shed upon the monotonous squalor of their existence, but also by the Aristocracy at large; for all the higher classes are well aware that these rare phenomena, while they do little or nothing to vulgarize their own privileges, serve as a most useful barrier against revolution from below.

Flatland by Abbott, Edwin View in context

She felt that at that moment she could not put into words the sense of shame, of rapture, and of horror at this stepping into a new life, and she did not want to speak of it, to vulgarize this feeling by inappropriate words.

Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context

Moreover, I was an irreclaimable sentimentalist, and found a subtle charm in an impersonal and spiritual relation which acquaintance might vulgarize and marriage would certainly dispel.

Can Such Things Be? by Bierce, Ambrose View in context

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