vulgarization

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noun

The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.

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Meanings

nounvulgarization (countable and uncountable, plural vulgarizations)

plural vulgarizations · alternative vulgarisation

  1. BritishCanadaEnglishOxfordUScountableuncountableThe process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people.
  2. BritishCanadaEnglishOxfordUScountableuncommonuncountablesciencesThe process of making something accessible and attractive to the general public; the popular-science presentation of a topic, its popularization.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe act of rendering something coarse and unrefined

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vulgarisation
Broader
degradationdebasement

nounthe act of making something attractive to the general public

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popularizationpopularisationvulgarisation
Broader
degradationdebasement
Also see
popularization

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From vulgar + -ization.

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APA

vulgarization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgarization

MLA

“vulgarization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgarization. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “vulgarization,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/vulgarization.

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