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Definition of 'popularize'

verb

Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors" [syn: popularize, popularise, vulgarize, vulgarise, generalize, generalise]

verb

Make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" [syn: popularize, popularise]

Definition of 'Popularize'

From: GCIDE

Popularize \Pop"u*lar*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Popularized; p. pr. & vb. n. Popularizing.] [Cf. F. populariser.] To make popular; to make suitable or acceptable to the common people; to make generally known; as, to popularize philosophy. "The popularizing of religious teaching." --Milman. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'popularize'

From: Moby Thesaurus

account for,
allegorize,
clarify,
clear up,
coarsen,
crack,
decipher,
demonstrate,
demythologize,
elucidate,
enlighten,
euhemerize,
exemplify,
explain,
explain away,
explicate,
exposit,
expound,
get across,
get over,
give reason for,
give the meaning,
illuminate,
illustrate,
make clear,
make it clear,
make plain,
put across,
put over,
rationalize,
shed light upon,
show,
show how,
show the way,
simplify,
solve,
spell out,
throw light upon,
unfold,
unlock,
unravel,
vulgarize

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