populariser

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A form of popularizer — One who popularizes something.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounpopulariser (plural popularisers)

plural popularisers

  1. UKnonstandardNon-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularizer.
    1 more example

    When a female friend of mine questioned Robert Wright, the author of The Moral Animal and one of the prime popularisers of this position, about some of his unshakable convictions in the male-female contrariety, he opened his eyes wide, stared at her, and said, manfully, "You don’t know what it’s like."

    1999 March 20, Natalie Angier, The Guardian, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2022

Synonyms & antonyms

nounsomeone who makes something attractive to the general public

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Cite this entry
APA

populariser. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/populariser

MLA

“populariser.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/populariser. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “populariser,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/populariser.

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