vulgarize

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vulgarize

verb vulgarizes · vulgarizing · vulgarized · vulgarise

To make commonplace, crass, lewd. With much labor we got our things up the steps, and then, looking back, took one last long survey of that strange land, soon I fear to be vulgarized, the prey of hunter and prospector, but to each of us a dreamland of glamour and romance, a land where we had dared much, suffered much, and learned mu
To convert (religious rites) so as to use the vulgate (language of the commoners).

Similar: debase, dumb down · Opposite: ennoble

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Similar: debase, dumb down · Opposite: ennoble

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verb To make something vulgar

Español	vulgarizar
Français	vulgariser
Italiano	volgarizzare
Ελληνικά	εκχυδαΐζω ekchydaḯzo

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@misc{vulgarize_2026,
  title = {vulgarize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vulgarize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}