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VULGARISE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vulgarise ... he / she / it vulgarises
Past simple: vulgarised
Past participle: vulgarised
-ing form: vulgarising
Sense 1
Meaning:
Act in a vulgar manner
Example:
The drunkard tends to vulgarize
Synonyms:
vulgarise; vulgarize
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):
act; behave; do (behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Debase and make vulgar
Example:
The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage
Synonyms:
vulgarise; vulgarize
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):
alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
vulgarisation (the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
Example:
Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
Synonyms:
generalise; generalize; popularise; popularize; vulgarise; vulgarize
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "vulgarise" is one way to...):
broadcast; circularise; circularize; circulate; diffuse; disperse; disseminate; distribute; pass around; propagate; spread (cause to become widely known)
Verb group:
popularise; popularize (make understandable to the general public)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vulgarisation (the act of making something attractive to the general public)
vulgariser (someone who makes something attractive to the general public)
