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popularize Definition

popu·lar·ize (päp′yə lə rīz′)

transitive verb -·ized′, -·iz′·ing

to make popular; specif.,

  1. to cause to be liked by many people
  2. 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.

familiarize, catch on, cheapen, give currency to, spread, universalize, produce in quantity, gear down*; see also generalize 1, simplify.

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.