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单词 plebificate
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plebificatev.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plebification n., -ate suffix3.
Etymology: < plebific- (in plebification n.) + -ate suffix3. Compare earlier plebeianize v., plebify v.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. = plebify v.
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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
1869 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 666/2 Even science is popularized or ‘plebificated’ into science-and-water.
1893 Nation (N.Y.) 6 Apr. 258/1 Religion, to adapt Coleridge's apothegm, was to be not only popularized but plebificated.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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