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Meaning of 'popularize' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Popularize [ v. t.]
- To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy.

Meaning of 'popularize' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . popularize [ v]
Meaning (1):
- make understandable to the general public
Example in sentence:
  • Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books
Meaning (2):
- cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Example in sentence:
  • Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors;
  • They popularized coffee in Washington State

Nearby Words:

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