Associations to the word «Vulgarize»

Wiktionary

VULGARIZE, verb. To express or re-express something in a base, common, or lewd manner; to make something commonplace; to make something vulgar.

Dictionary definition

VULGARIZE, verb. Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors".
VULGARIZE, verb. Debase and make vulgar; "The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage".
VULGARIZE, verb. Act in a vulgar manner; "The drunkard tends to vulgarize".

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca