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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb vulgarize has 3 senses

• vulgarize(v = verb.communication) generalise, generalize, popularise, popularize, vulgarise - 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"
is one way to broadcast, circularise, circularize, circulate, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, pass around, propagate, spread
Derived forms adjective vulgar₂, noun vulgarization₂, noun vulgarizer₂
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

• vulgarize(v = verb.change) vulgarise - debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage"
is one way to alter, change, modify
Derived forms adjective vulgar₁, noun vulgarization₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• vulgarize(v = verb.body) vulgarise - act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize"
is one way to act, behave, do
Derived form adjective vulgar₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s

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THESAURUS

vulgarize

adulterate, alloy, canker, cheapen, clarify, coarsen, confound, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degenerate, degrade, denature, deprave, desecrate, despoil, devalue, distort, elucidate, explain, explicate, get across, get over, infect, make clear, make it clear, misuse, pervert, poison, pollute, popularize, prostitute, put across, put over, ravage, ravish, simplify, spell out, taint, twist, ulcerate, violate, vitiate, warp

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