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vul·gar·ize
(vŭl′gə-rīz′)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.
vul′gar·i·za′tion (-gər-ĭ-zā′shən) n.
vul′gar·iz′er n.
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vulgarize
(ˈvʌlɡəˌraɪz) orvulgarise
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
ˌvulgariˈzation, ˌvulgariˈsation n
ˈvulgarˌizer, ˈvulgarˌiser n
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vul•gar•ize
(ˈvʌl gəˌraɪz)v.t. -ized, -iz•ing.
1. to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase.
2. to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize.
[1595–1605]
vul`gar•i•za′tion, n.
vul′gar•iz`er, n.
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vulgarize
Past participle: vulgarized
Gerund: vulgarizing
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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 - 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" | |
| 3. | vulgarize - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" |
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vulgarize
vt
(= make coarse) → vulgarisieren
(= popularize) → popularisieren, allgemein verständlich machen
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