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vul·gar·ize
Audio Help [vuhl-guh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [vuhl-guh-rahyz] Pronunciation Key –verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing.
| 1. | to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior. |
| 2. | to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize. |
| 3. | to translate (a work) from a classical language into the vernacular. |
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tr.v. vul·gar·ized, vul·gar·iz·ing, vul·gar·iz·es
vul'gar·i·za'tion (-gər-ĭ-zā'shən) n., vul'gar·iz'er n. |
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| vulgarize | |
verb | |
| 1. | 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" [syn: popularize] |
| 2. | debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" [syn: vulgarise] |
| 3. | act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
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