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popularization

American  
[pahp-yuh-ler-ahyz-ay-shuhn, -iz-ay-shuhn] / ˌpɑp jə lərˌaɪzˈeɪ ʃən, -ɪzˈeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act, process, or result of making something popular or of altering it to increase popular appeal.


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Many festival regulars credit Sundance, and Park City by extension, with the popularization of indie aesthetics and sensibility, bringing life-changing financial success to previously unknown filmmakers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 31, 2026

I think what eyeliner says about beauty standards in that specific context, the popularization of Nefertiti was that they were not fully ready to revise their beauty standards.

From Salon Dec. 30, 2023

Astronomers and astrologers pin the popularization of moon epithets to the rise of the internet.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 4, 2023

For much of the past decade, Tesla’s popularization of electric vehicles has centered on one innovation above all others: solving “range anxiety,” or the worry that your EV will run out of juice midtrip.

From Slate Jul. 28, 2023

Einstein had been fascinated by Bernstein’s People’s Book of Natural Science, a popularization of science that described on its very first page the astonishing speed of electricity through wires and light through space.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

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