popularize
1. [ verb ] make understandable to the general public
Synonyms: popularise
Examples:

"Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"

Related terms: gear
2. [ verb ] cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Synonyms: generalise generalize popularise vulgarise vulgarize
Examples:

"They popularized coffee in Washington State" "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors"

Related terms: circulate go_around popularise popularization populariser
Similar spelling:   popularizer
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