to repopularize
- verb
- /ˌriːˈpɒpjʊləraɪz/
- His efforts to repopularize old-fashioned dances were a hit at the community center.
Examples
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By launching a retro-themed event, the organizers hope to repopularize traditional games that have fallen out of style.
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And historically, it will stand as the game that reinvented or at least repopularized adventure games."
Blog text (15) -
That would appear to debunk the Australian origin theory, though Oz may have preserved and repopularized it.
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The new marketing campaign aims to repopularize the classic brand among younger consumers.
Synonyms
Make something active or popular again after a time of being forgotten
To become popular or successful again after a time away
Bring something back into use after it was forgotten
To make an idea, activity, or subject known and liked by many people
Antonyms
How Popular
Surface Forms
Morphology
repopularize = popularize (transparent) = re + popular + ize
Adding 're-' to 'popularize' straightforwardly gives the meaning 'make popular again'.
Etymology
Repopularize is made from re- meaning 'again' and popular meaning 'liked by many people'. So to repopularize something is to make it 'popular again'.