vulgarise
verb
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
They popularized coffee in Washington State
Types & categories
- disseminate hypernym
Related & opposite
- popularization derivation
- popularizer derivation
- plebeian derivation
- popularize verb group
Sense 2 verb
debase and make vulgar
The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
Types & categories
- change hypernym
Related & opposite
- vulgarization derivation
- vulgar derivation
Sense 3 verb
act in a vulgar manner
The drunkard tends to vulgarize
Types & categories
- behave hypernym
Related & opposite
- vulgar derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | popularization |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | popularizer |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plebeian |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | popularize |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | disseminate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgarization |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgar |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | change |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | vulgar |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | behave |