popularization
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Both aspects have coexisted for centuries, but the great popularization of the personality side gave rise to a new form of discrimination, astrological prejudice.
From Slate • May 5, 2026
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
California’s regulatory climate encouraged innovations like the low-emission engine Honda produced in the 1970s, the three-way catalytic converter Volvo pioneered later that decade and Tesla’s popularization of electric vehicles.
From New York Times • May 30, 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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