Meanings
noundevulgarization (uncountable)
alternative devulgarisation
- uncountableThe process of devulgarizing something.
It may be figured as a vertical process, one of rise or fall; fall of value or vulgarization being on the whole more in evidence in the special field of folk-lore than rise of value or devulgarization.
1920, Robert Ranpulph Marett, Psychology and Folk-lore, page 99
Origin
From devulgarize + -ation. Attested since the 20th century.
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devulgarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/devulgarization
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