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popularize

[ pop-yuh-luh-rahyz ]
/ ˈpɒp yə ləˌraɪz /
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verb (used with object), pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing.

to make popular: to popularize a dance.

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RELATED WORDS

simplify, promote, revive, disseminate, restore, familiarize, universalize, resurrect, spread, generalize

Nearby words

popular singer, popular song, popular sovereignty, popular vote, popularity, popularize, popularly, populate, population, population control, population explosion
Also especially British, pop·u·lar·ise.

Origin of popularize

First recorded in 1585–95; popular + -ize

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British Dictionary definitions for popularize

popularize

popularise

/ (ˈpɒpjʊləˌraɪz) /

verb (tr)

to make popular; make attractive to the general public
to make or cause to become easily understandable or acceptable

Derived Forms

popularization or popularisation, nounpopularizer or populariser, noun
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