POPULARIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does popularization mean? 

• POPULARIZATION (noun)
  The noun POPULARIZATION has 2 senses:

1. an interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable

2. the act of making something attractive to the general public

  Familiarity information: POPULARIZATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POPULARIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An interpretation that easily understandable and acceptable

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

popularisation; popularization

Hypernyms ("popularization" is a kind of...):

interpretation (an explanation that results from interpreting something)

Derivation:

popularize (make understandable to the general public)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The act of making something attractive to the general public

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

popularisation; popularization; vulgarisation; vulgarization

Hypernyms ("popularization" is a kind of...):

debasement; degradation (changing to a lower state (a less respected state))

Derivation:

popularize (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use)