popularize
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
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to make popular; make attractive to the general public
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to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable
Other Word Forms
- antipopularization adjective
- depopularize verb (used with object)
- popularization noun
- popularizer noun
- repopularization noun
- repopularize verb (used with object)
- semipopularized adjective
- unpopularized adjective
Etymology
Origin of popularize
Example Sentences
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But nineteenth-century America was full of “humbug,” a word used for the types of entertainment popularized by renowned promoter P. T. Barnum.
From Literature
It’s easy to adore the star in the mid-to-late 1950s when he’s young and svelte, scandalizing and delighting America with his wiggly hips, popularizing a new sound dubbed rock ‘n’ roll.
Since Robinhood helped popularize commission-free trading, introducing a new generation of investors to buying and selling securities on their smartphones, trading volumes in U.S. equity options have exploded.
From MarketWatch
The late David Swensen, who earned high returns for Yale University’s endowment by investing in “alternative” assets such as venture capital, timberland, and private-equity buyout funds, popularized the notion of an “illiquidity premium.”
Pollan traces this divide back to Galileo, who popularized the idea that science should concern itself with what can be measured and mathematically described.
From Los Angeles Times
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