vulgarize
(verb)
verb
1. cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
- Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
Similar word(s): generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise
Definition categories: communication, broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, propagate, spread
2. debase and make vulgar
- The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
Similar word(s): vulgarise
Definition categories: change, alter, modify
3. act in a vulgar manner
- The drunkard tends to vulgarize
Similar word(s): vulgarise