- v. make understandable to the general public (view details)
- v. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public (view details)
Meaning 1: (verb) make understandable to the general public
Usage Example(s): Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
Synonym(s): popularise ( what does popularise stand for? )
popularize is derived from: popularisation ( what does popularisation stand for? ), popularization
Meaning 2: (verb) cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public, bring into general or common use
Usage Example(s): Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors, They popularized coffee in Washington State
Synonym(s): generalise ( what does generalise stand for? ), generalize ( what does generalize stand for? ), popularise, vulgarise ( what does vulgarise stand for? ), vulgarize ( what does vulgarize stand for? )
popularize is derived from: popularisation, populariser ( what does populariser stand for? ), popularization, popularizer ( what does popularizer stand for? ), vulgarisation ( what does vulgarisation stand for? ), vulgariser ( what does vulgariser stand for? ), vulgarization ( what does vulgarization stand for? ), vulgarizer ( what does vulgarizer stand for? )
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