vulgarization
Americannoun
plural
vulgarizations-
the process or result of making something vulgar or coarse.
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the process or result of popularizing difficult or highly technical content, making it more accessible to ordinary people.
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the process or result of translating something into the vernacular.
Example Sentences
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Tubes’ exquisite vulgarization metaphor joke: it gets around FCC.
From Washington Post
A bland vulgarization that waters down the high and flattens out the low, middlebrow was an art of homogeneous mush.
From Los Angeles Times
The British press was pretty snooty about what they saw as Byrd’s vulgarization and commercialization of Antarctica.
From National Geographic
The commercialization of the pilgrimage — some would say the vulgarization — is compounded by another hot-button issue, namely Saudi control of the sequence of pilgrimage rituals to make them conform to the Wahhabi version.
From US News
But he adds: “I’m afraid at the moment of vulgarization and diverting from the real explanation of these rituals.”
From Time
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