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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As the late Yale Hirsch, the market analyst who developed and popularized the concept, once put it: “If Santa Claus should fail to call, bears may come to Broad and Wall.”
From MarketWatch
“I thought you all kind of approved of Justice Scalia,” Case said to laughter, referring to the late Supreme Court justice who popularized originalism.
Meanwhile, the investment firm Vanguard has been credited with popularizing low-cost and diversified index funds.
From MarketWatch
Dozens of such treasuries have started trading publicly this year, emulating a model popularized by Strategy, formerly known as MicroStrategy.
From Barron's
By converting a police vehicle warehouse into the Temporary Contemporary in 1983, Gehry helped popularize the reuse of industrial buildings in the museum world.
From Los Angeles Times
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