Meanings
plural popularizations · alternative popularisation
- BritishEnglishOxfordUSThe act of making something popular to the general public.
As Valentinov and others pointed out, the extreme obstinacy with which Lenin defended materialism was rooted not only in Marxism but in the tradition of the Russian materialists, especially Chernyshevsky, whose philosophy was a popularization of Feuerbach.
1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 464
Synonyms & antonyms
nounan interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable
nounthe act of making something attractive to the general public
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Italic*poplos
- Old Latinpopulus
- Latinpopulus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Latinpopulāri
- Old Frenchpopulaire
- Latinpopulāris
- Middle Englishpopuler
- Englishpopular
- Englishpopularization
Translations
Catalan popularització
- popularitzacióthe act of making something popular to the general public
Chinese Mandarin 通俗性, 大眾化 /大众化
- 通俗性 (tōngsúxìng)the act of making something popular to the general public
- 大眾化 /大众化 (dàzhònghuà)the act of making something popular to the general public
- 普及化 (pǔjíhuà)the act of making something popular to the general public
Czech popularizace
- popularizacethe act of making something popular to the general public
French popularisation, vulgarisation
- popularisationthe act of making something popular to the general public
- vulgarisationthe act of making something popular to the general public
German Popularisierung
- Popularisierungthe act of making something popular to the general public
Hungarian népszerűsítés
- népszerűsítésthe act of making something popular to the general public
Italian volgarizzazione
- volgarizzazionethe act of making something popular to the general public
Japanese 大衆化
- 大衆化 (taishūka)the act of making something popular to the general public
Korean 통속성, 통속화
- 통속성 (tongsokseong)the act of making something popular to the general public
- 통속화 (tongsokhwa)the act of making something popular to the general public
- 대중화 (daejunghwa)the act of making something popular to the general public
Polish popularyzacja
- popularyzacjathe act of making something popular to the general public
Portuguese popularização
- popularizaçãothe act of making something popular to the general public
Russian популяриза́ция
- популяриза́ция (populjarizácija)the act of making something popular to the general public
Spanish popularización, vulgarización
- popularizaciónthe act of making something popular to the general public
- vulgarizaciónthe act of making something popular to the general public
- difusiónthe act of making something popular to the general public
Swedish populärisering
- populäriseringthe act of making something popular to the general public
Ukrainian популяриза́ція
- популяриза́ція (populjaryzácija)the act of making something popular to the general public
Cite this entry
popularization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularization
“popularization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularization. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “popularization,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/popularization.
Source: popularization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.