Verb: vulgarize 'vúl-gu,rIz
- Debase and make vulgar
"The Press has vulgarized Love and Marriage";
- vulgarise [Brit]
- Cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use
"Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors";
- popularize, popularise [Brit], vulgarise [Brit]
- Act in a vulgar manner
"The drunkard tends to vulgarize";
- vulgarise [Brit]
Derived forms: vulgarized, vulgarizing, vulgarizes
Type of: acquit, act, alter, bear, behave, broadcast, carry, change, circularise [Brit], circularize, circulate, comport, conduct, deport, diffuse, disperse, disseminate, distribute, do, modify, pass around, propagate, spread