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VULGARISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does vulgarisation mean? 

VULGARISATION (noun)
  The noun VULGARISATION has 2 senses:

1. the act of rendering something coarse and unrefinedplay

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

  Familiarity information: VULGARISATION used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


VULGARISATION (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of rendering something coarse and unrefined

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

vulgarisation; vulgarization

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

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

Derivation:

vulgarise (debase and make vulgar)


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 ("vulgarisation" is a kind of...):

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

Derivation:

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


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