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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats