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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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Actually, the doctrine became central in the post-1960s decades, emanating from the popularization of Kabbalah and an association with progressive politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

Look no further than the therapeutic objective of trinkets like Sonny Angels for young working women, or the popularization of festooned coffees among Gen Z and millennials as a form of self-care and escapism.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2025

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

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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