— vulgarization , n. — vulgarizer , n.
/vul"geuh ruyz'/ , v.t., vulgarized, vulgarizing .
1. to make vulgar or coarse; lower; debase: to vulgarize standards of behavior.
2. to make (a technical or abstruse work) easier to understand and more widely known; popularize.
3. to translate (a work) from a classical language into the vernacular.
Also, esp. Brit., vulgarise .
[ 1595-1605; VULGAR + -IZE ]