| VERB | communication | vulgarize, popularize, popularise, vulgarise, generalize, generalise | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public |
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| change | vulgarize, vulgarise | debase and make vulgar | |
| body | vulgarize, vulgarise | act in a vulgar manner |
| Meaning | cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" | |
| Synonyms | popularize, popularise, vulgarise, generalize, generalise | |
| Broader | circulate, circularize, circularise, distribute, disseminate, propagate, broadcast, spread, diffuse, disperse, pass around | Cause to become widely known |
| Similar to | popularize, popularise | make understandable to the general public |
| Spanish | popularizar, vulgarizar | |
| Catalan | popularitzar | |
| Adjectives | vulgar | of or associated with the great masses of people |
| Nouns | vulgarization | the act of making something attractive to the general public |
| vulgarizer | someone who makes attractive to the general public | |
| Meaning | debase and make vulgar. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage" | |
| Synonym | vulgarise | |
| Broader | change, alter, modify | Cause to change |
| Spanish | vulgarizar | |
| Adjectives | vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
| Nouns | vulgarization | the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined |
| Meaning | Act in a vulgar manner. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Example | "The drunkard tends to vulgarize" | |
| Synonym | vulgarise | |
| Broader | act, behave, do | Behave in a certain manner |
| Adjectives | vulgar | lacking refinement or cultivation or taste |
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