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popularization en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *poplos Old Latin populus Latin populus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin -āris Latin populārislbor. Old French populairebor. ▲ Latin populārisbor. Middle English populer English popular Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English popularization From popular + -ization.

Meanings

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US) The act of making something popular to the general public.
    • As Valentinov and others pointed out, the extreme obstinacy with which Lenin defended materialism was rooted not only in Marxism but in the tradition of the Russian materialists, especially Chernyshevsky, whose philosophy was a popularization of Feuerbach. 1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in Polish), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 464:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
popularizations Number=Plur lexicographic
popularisation alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

popularizational

Relateds

popularize

Translations (24)

sv populärisering (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ast popularización (the act of making something popular to the general public) · hu népszerűsítés (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ko 통속화 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ko 대중화 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · pl popularyzacja (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ru популяриза́ция (the act of making something popular to the general public) · fr popularisation (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ca popularització (the act of making something popular to the general public) · cmn 通俗性 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · cmn 大眾化 /大众化 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · es difusión (the act of making something popular to the general public) · cmn 普及化 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · de Popularisierung (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ko 통속성 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · uk популяриза́ція (the act of making something popular to the general public) · pt popularização (the act of making something popular to the general public) · es vulgarización (the act of making something popular to the general public) · cs popularizace (the act of making something popular to the general public) · fr vulgarisation (the act of making something popular to the general public) · be папулярыза́цыя (the act of making something popular to the general public) · it volgarizzazione (the act of making something popular to the general public) · ja 大衆化 (the act of making something popular to the general public) · es popularización (the act of making something popular to the general public)