Popularization
noun
The act or process of making something widely known or used.
The popularization of the Internet has changed the way we live our lives.

Often appears as...
- popularization of technology
- popularization of science
noun
The act or process of making something widely known or used.
The popularization of the Internet has changed the way we live our lives.

Often appears as...
- popularization of technology
- popularization of science
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Cultural Impact
Shows influence on society or a specific group, often positive.

The popularization of classical music among young people has grown unexpectedly.
Not Always Planned
Sometimes occurs naturally or virally, without an organized campaign.

The dance became a hit through the popularization on social media.
Accessibility
Involves making something more accessible or understandable to the general public.

His book contributed to the popularization of scientific ideas.
Cultural Impact
Shows influence on society or a specific group, often positive.

The popularization of classical music among young people has grown unexpectedly.
Not Always Planned
Sometimes occurs naturally or virally, without an organized campaign.

The dance became a hit through the popularization on social media.
Accessibility
Involves making something more accessible or understandable to the general public.

His book contributed to the popularization of scientific ideas.
Cultural Impact
Shows influence on society or a specific group, often positive.

The popularization of classical music among young people has grown unexpectedly.
Not Always Planned
Sometimes occurs naturally or virally, without an organized campaign.

The dance became a hit through the popularization on social media.
Accessibility
Involves making something more accessible or understandable to the general public.

His book contributed to the popularization of scientific ideas.
Compare with
accessibilitycommercializationdemocratizationdisseminatorgeneralizationpopulismsimplificationvulgarization
Video examples
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Quote examples
William Golding
English Novelist
Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence.

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Tao Lin
American Novelist
I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.

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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

Quote examples
William Golding
English Novelist
Marx, Darwin and Freud are the three most crashing bores of the Western World. Simplistic popularization of their ideas has thrust our world into a mental straitjacket from which we can only escape by the most anarchic violence.

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Tao Lin
American Novelist
I think it would be funny for people to read in obituaries of me that my major contribution to the arts was the popularization of the phrases 'neutral facial expression' and 'screaming in agony.

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Henri Bergson
French Philosopher
Religion is to mysticism what popularization is to science.

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