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VULGARISE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Act in a vulgar manner

Example:

The drunkard tends to vulgarize

Synonyms:

vulgarise; vulgarize

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Sense 2

Meaning:

Debase and make vulgar

Example:

The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage

Synonyms:

vulgarise; vulgarize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

vulgarisation (the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use

Example:

Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

Synonyms:

generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):

broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)

Verb group:

popularise; popularize (make understandable to the general public)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

vulgarisation (the act of making something attractive to the general public)

vulgariser (someone who makes something attractive to the general public)

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