vulgarization
noun [ C or U ] (UK usually vulgarisation) uk/ˌvʌl.ɡə.raɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/ us/ˌvʌl.ɡɚ.əˈzeɪ.ʃən/
通俗化，大众化，普及
the act or process of making something, or of something becoming, better known and understood by ordinary people
These intellectuals played a significant role in initiating cultural ideas, for subsequent vulgarization and dissemination throughout the country. 这些知识分子在提倡文化思想、并在全国范围内加以普及传播等方面都发挥了重要作用。
Synonym: popularization
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- The goal is to pursue life's enrichment despite the forces of vulgarization, commercialization, and dehumanization.
- For some commentators these trends signal the vulgarization, the "dumbing down" of politics.
- No matter what porn does to individual viewers – and the jury is still out on that – it surely contributes to an overall coarsening and vulgarization of our culture.
- The term "image" in advertising is, I suppose, a vulgarization of this concept of collective recognition.