POPULARIZE


Meaning of POPULARIZE in English

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

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