popularize Definition
popu·lar·ize (päp′yə lə rīz′)
transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing
to make popular; specif.,
- to cause to be liked by many people
- to make understandable to the general public
popularize Related Forms
pop′u·lari·za′·tion noun
pop′u·lar·iz′er noun
popularize Synonyms
popularize
v.
popularize Usage Examples
Object
- idea: Popular psychology has popularized the idea of the quantum existence, the life lived in discrete packets of energy - chapters.
- term: The first Persian Gulf War popularized the term " collateral damage, " a banal euphemism for the unintended killing.. .
- concept: They record Kind of Blue in 1959, a seminal album which popularizes the new concept of modal jazz.
- music: Bernstein also used the podium as a way to popularize the music he loved.
- theory: Although technically a zoologist he is best known for his books popularizing evolutionary theory and genetics.
- science: The British Association has always been in part concerned to popularize science.
Subject
- artist: He reinvents four diverse songs popularized by other artists, including a playful cover of the 1972 Stylistics hit Betcha By Golly Wow!
- woman: Cell phones were first popularized by women as a security device, business people came later.
Preposition: by
- artist: He reinvents four diverse songs popularized by other artists, including a playful cover of the 1972 Stylistics hit Betcha By Golly Wow!
- woman: Cell phones were first popularized by women as a security device, business people came later.
Modifying Another Word
first: The Ring Flyer is a challenging chest exercise first popularized by former Mr Universe Larry Scott.
Preposition: in
- book: This idea was popularized in the book The Passover Plot by Hugh Schonfield.
- 1960s: The ' domestication ' theory was popularized in the 1960s by Desmond Morris and has now been refuted by many writers.
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