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vulgarization definition

vul·gari·za·tion (vul′gər i zās̸hən)

noun

  1. the act or an instance of making something, as abstruse or highly technical information, more readily intelligible or widely known
  2. the act or an instance of making vulgar, coarse, unrefined, obscene, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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