popularization
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3.8
- noun
- /ˌpɑːpjʊləraɪˈzeɪʃən/
- US
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popularización
- The popularization of healthy eating habits has led to a rise in the number of people cooking at home.
- popularization of science
- popularization of astronomy
- popularization of the concept
Examples
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The Klumpke-Robert Award for outstanding contributions to the popularization of astronomy: Donald Goldsmith
Academic text (1990) -
FIDE is engaged exclusively in the development and popularization of chess across the world.
Blog text (19) -
The church is on this level part of popular culture, or better, a vehicle for the popularization of culture.
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But as an intellectual, he was interested in the popularization of ideas.
Academic text (1995) -
Such a process undoubtedly began with the very earliest popularization of photography.
Academic text (2008) -
During her free time, she's also involved in amateur astronomy and the popularization of science.
Academic text (2004) -
Princeton historian Sean Wilentz notes that we live in a golden age of historical popularization.
Academic text (2005) -
Dominant feelings of patriotism are being threatened by the popularization of ethnic separation and grievance.
Academic text (2002) -
Pete Seeger, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, and Woodstock, New York, come readily to mind in considering the popularization of political protest songs.
Academic text (1998) -
Winckelmann, as has been frequently discussed, was a pioneer not only in the popularization of Hellenism but in the development of a transatlantic homoerotic Hellenic aesthetic.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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3.0
Making something known to many people to get attention
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6.6
Spreading information or ideas so many people learn them
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5.8
Spreading ideas or customs to many places
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6.5
Spreading ideas or beliefs so more people accept them
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4.0
Making something known to many people so they can see or talk about it
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4.1
The process of making a new idea or product accepted and used by most people
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3.5
Making goods or services known to many people to help sell them
Process of making ideas easier and more interesting for most people to understand
Antonyms
How Widely Known
Surface Forms
Morphology
popularization = popularize (transparent) = popular + ize + ation
The noun is a regular nominalization of 'popularize' with '-ation', and 'popularize' is transparently formed from 'popular' + '-ize'.
Etymology
Popularization comes from popular, which has the base popul- meaning 'people', plus the ending -ize meaning 'to make' and -ation showing the action. So, popularization is literally the act of 'making something for the people', which is why it means making an idea or thing well known and easy to understand for many people.