Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Popularization; the act of popularizing.
  • noun Wide dissemination; the process of rendering commonly known or familiar.
  • noun A making coarse or gross; the impairing of refinement or elegance.
  • noun Also spelled vulgarisation.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The act or process of making vulgar, or common.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun US Alternative spelling of vulgarisation.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the act of making something attractive to the general public
  • noun the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined

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Examples

  • Peggy Noonan referred to Palin as a "vulgarization" of our politics.

    Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. 2008

  • Unless Noonan's been preoccupied promoting her book on the Space Station, and missed the lefts '"vulgarization" of Palin and her family, which is surely among the worst in political history, why isn't she whacking their knuckles instead of Palin's?

    American Thinker 2008

  • I mean, come on, tens of thousands at every rally, tickets in short supply - we must all represent, what was that you said, the "vulgarization" of American politics.

    WordPress.com News 2008

  • Joseph Ratzinger, previously as cardinal and now as pope, hits the mark when he points to the vulgarization of the liturgy as the critical point for today's

    Insight Scoop | The Ignatius Press Blog: 2009

  • Joseph Ratzinger, previously as cardinal and now as pope, hits the mark when he points to the vulgarization of the liturgy as the critical point for today's

    Pentecost in the East 2009

  • Joseph Ratzinger, previously as cardinal and now as pope, hits the mark when he points to the vulgarization of the liturgy as the critical point for today's

    Ecumenism 2009

  • One of the ways that creative people can rebel against this vulgarization of what should be extraordinary is to find ways of restoring a sense of unanticipated spontaneity to messaging conveying the erotic aspects of the human condition.

    Sheldon Filger: Keeping Abreast of Time: My Wonderful Breast Clock Sheldon Filger 2011

  • "The Palin candidacy is a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics," wrote Wall Street Journal columnist, Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal.

    Geoffrey Dunn: Rick Davis and McCain's Failed Campaign Strategy 2010

  • "The Palin candidacy is a symptom and expression of a new vulgarization in American politics," wrote Wall Street Journal columnist, Peggy Noonan, the Wall Street Journal.

    Rick Davis and McCain's Failed Campaign Strategy 2010

  • But the point isn't to lament that we're amusing ourselves to death (though there's enough trivialization, vulgarization, sensationalism, celebrity worship and ADD-inducing distractions around to make you fear for the future of civilization).

    Marty Kaplan: Thank You, Norman Lear 2010

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