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popularizer

American  
[pahp-yuh-ler-ahyz-er] / ˈpɑp yə lərˌaɪz ər /

noun

  1. a person or organization that presents or promotes something in a way intended to make it popular popular.


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Arnaz gained celebrity as the American popularizer of the conga, an Afro Cuban line dance that his father had once tried to ban.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2025

A significant popularizer of yokai was the 18th-century scholar and artist known as Toriyama Sekien, who compiled an encyclopedia of creatures drawn from his imagination.

From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2023

Launcher of a thousand off-the-shoulder sweatshirts, popularizer of leg warmers: it's "Flashdance" and the film turns 40 this year, just like some of us are or have too.

From Salon • Apr. 15, 2023

Sarah Bakewell, our premier popularizer of the history of philosophy, just keeps going bigger.

From Washington Post • Apr. 10, 2023

Tennyson.—Lear was not only the inventor or popularizer of 'Limericks', but also a highly-esteemed artist.

From Poems on Travel by Various

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