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.
Blog text (11) -
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
Bring something back into use after it was forgotten
To become popular or successful again after a time away
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'.