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VULGARISER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vulgariser mean?
• VULGARISER (noun)
The noun VULGARISER has 2 senses:
1. someone who makes something vulgar
2. someone who makes something attractive to the general public
Familiarity information: VULGARISER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who makes something vulgar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
vulgariser; vulgarizer
Hypernyms ("vulgariser" is a kind of...):
debaser; degrader (a person who lowers the quality or character or value (as by adding cheaper metal to coins))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Someone who makes something attractive to the general public
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
populariser; popularizer; vulgariser; vulgarizer
Hypernyms ("vulgariser" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Derivation:
vulgarise (cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use)
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