vulgarize

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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, popularise, vulgarise, generalize, generalise
• Derivationally related forms:
vulgarisation (for: vulgarise), vulgariser (for: vulgarise), vulgar, vulgarization, vulgarizer, popularisation (for: popularise), populariser (for: popularise), popularization (for: popularize), popularizer (for: popularize)
• Hypernyms:
circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate,
propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around
• Verb Group:
popularize, popularise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. debase and make vulgar
- The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
• Syn:
vulgarise
• Derivationally related forms:
vulgar, vulgarization, vulgarisation (for: vulgarise)
• Hypernyms:
change, alter, modify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
3. act in a vulgar manner
- The drunkard tends to vulgarize
• Syn:
vulgarise
• Derivationally related forms:
vulgar
• Hypernyms:
act, behave, do
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  vulgarise, popularize, popularise, generalize, generalise