vulgarize

/'vʌlgəraiz/ Cách viết khác : (vulgarise) /'vʌlgəraiz/
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vulgarize

A scientist uses a simple diagram to vulgarize a complex theory for the audience.

Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To make something less refined or elegant; to debase by making it common, coarse, or unrefined: The core meaning involves taking something (an idea, a work of art, a concept) and rendering it in a form that is considered crude, tasteless, or appealing to the lowest common denominator.
    • To make something widely known or accessible, but in a simplified or often distorted form: This meaning overlaps with "popularize," but carries a negative connotation of oversimplification and loss of original quality or sophistication.
Usage Examples
  • Verb:
    • The film adaptation completely vulgarized the subtle themes of the classic novel.
    • Some critics argue that television has vulgarized public discourse.
    • He has a tendency to vulgarize every conversation with crude jokes.
Advanced Usage
  • "to vulgarize oneself": to behave in a coarse or unrefined manner.
    • He vulgarized himself with his loud and obnoxious behavior at the formal dinner.
Variants and Related Words
  • Vulgarization (noun): The act or process of making something vulgar.
    • The vulgarization of the scientific theory led to many public misconceptions.
  • Vulgar (adjective): Lacking sophistication or good taste; unrefined.
    • His vulgar comments were offensive to everyone present.
  • Vulgariser/Vulgarizer (noun): A person who vulgarizes something.
Synonyms
  • Debase: To reduce in quality or value.
  • Trivialize: To make something seem less important, serious, or complex than it really is.
  • Popularize (context-dependent): To make something popular, but without the inherent negative judgment of "vulgarize."
Phrasal Verbs

(This word is not commonly used in phrasal verb constructions.)

Related Idioms

(There are no common idioms directly centered on the verb "vulgarize.")

vulgarize

A scientist uses a simple diagram to vulgarize a complex theory for the audience.

Verb
  1. act in a vulgar manner
    • The drunkard tends to vulgarize
  2. debase and make vulgar
    • The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
  3. 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
    • Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors

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