About The Word Popularize

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Popularize

Popularize Meaning & Definition
Popularize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Popularize?

[v] make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books"
[v] 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Popularize: generalise | generalize | popularise | popularise | vulgarise | vulgarize

Related Terms | Find terms related to Popularize: account for | allegorize | clarify | clear up | coarsen | crack | decipher | demonstrate | demythologize | elucidate | enlighten | euhemerize | exemplify | explain | explain away | explicate | exposit | expound | get across | get over | give reason for | give the meaning | illuminate | illustrate | make clear | make it clear | make plain | put across | put over | rationalize | shed light upon | show | show how | show the way | simplify | solve | spell out | throw light upon | unfold | unlock | unravel | vulgarize

See Also | broadcast | circularise | circularize | circulate | diffuse | disperse | disseminate | distribute | gear | pass around | pitch | propagate | spread

Popularize In Webster's Dictionary

\Pop"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Popularized}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Popularizing}.] [Cf. F. populariser.] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. ``The popularizing of religious teaching.'' --Milman.

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