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单词 plebeianize
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plebeianizev.

Brit. /plᵻˈbiːənʌɪz/, U.S. /pləˈbiəˌnaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– plebeianise, 1800s– plebeianize, 1900s– plebianise (irreg.).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plebeian adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < plebeian adj. + -ize suffix.
transitive. To make plebeian, reduce to plebeian status; to make ordinary, popular, or vulgar.
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the mind > attention and judgement > bad taste > lack of refinement > deprive of refinement [verb (transitive)] > vulgarize
hackney1598
vulgarize1756
plebeianize1841
plebify1867
plebificate1869
kitsch1951
1841 C. Gore in Bentley's Misc. Dec. 587 [The butler] would be disgusted to find himself thus conspicuously plebeianised [by being ‘mistered’].
1844 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 55 45 The new art, which, by plebeianizing knowledge and enlightening the mass, deprived the law and the prophets of half their terrors.
1849 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 16 256/1 She dropped the de, and thus plebeianised her name.
1882 Fraser's Mag. 26 343 It [sc. an inn] took to billiards, and became gradually plebeianised.
1963 Hist. & Theory 2 248 The spirit has been plebeianized and our poor brain can no longer cope with the world.
1998 Hist. Today (Nexis) June 9 The Reform Bills of 1867 and 1884, which had plebianised the electorate, could only be endured with the assurance of 500 noblemen.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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