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Definition of "vulgarisation" []

  • The process of making something vulgar, especially by using the language of ordinary people (noun)

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Use "vulgarisation" in a sentence
  • "Ngobese said it supported the nationalisation of mines, but not as a means of using government money to bail out failing business to benefit the owners, which it regarded as "vulgarisation" of the ideal."
  • "It's not the practice of haute vulgarisation that bothers me -- that's an entirely worthy pursuit, exposing a wider audience to really interesting ideas generated in the hyper-specialist atmosphere that defines today's academic world -- but the attitude, not only of the aforesaid intellectual, but of his or her wide-eyed, adoring followers."
  • "Blair liked wars because he believed in making the world anew to some academic blueprint, or in his case to its vulgarisation for consumption by the uncultured likes of him."
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