popularize | ||
1. | [ verb ] make understandable to the general public | |
Synonyms: | popularise | |
Examples: | "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" |
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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" |
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Related terms: | circulate go_around popularise popularization populariser | |
Similar spelling: |
popularizer popular popularise populariser popularity popularism popularly popular_music popular_with popular_front |