vulgarize
Use Vulgarize in a sentence
gəˌraɪz verb (used with object), vul·gar·ized, vul·gar·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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vulgarize or vulgarise (ˈvʌlɡəˌraɪz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —vb | |
| 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 |
| vulgarise or vulgarise | |
| —vb | |
| vulgari'zation or vulgarise | |
| —n | |
| vulgari'sation or vulgarise | |
| —n | |
| 'vulgarizer or vulgarise | |
| —n | |
| 'vulgariser or vulgarise | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
In these they show themselves industrious and pathetically anxious, but all they can ever do is to sentimentalize and vulgarize.
Harm is done by everything which tends to vulgarize religion.
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