ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ləˌrīz verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Usage: see -ize
Etymology: popular (I) + -ize
intransitive verb
: to cater to popular taste
insisted on a high scholastic standard; he would not popularize
transitive verb
: to make popular: as
a. : to gain approval for : cause to be liked or esteemed
done everything to popularize an art gallery — R.M.Yoder
popularized literacy throughout … Latin America — Jerome Ellison
credited with having popularized the island as a resort for artists — American Guide Series: Maine
b. : to present (as a subject) in a form intelligible or interesting to those not specialists or trained thinkers
synthesized a great deal of scholarship, popularizing … its results — S.C.Chew
• pop·u·lar·iz·er -zə(r) noun -s