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单词 popularizer
释义

popularizern.

Brit. /ˈpɒpjᵿlərʌɪzə/, U.S. /ˈpɑpjələˌraɪzər/
Forms: see popularize v. and -er suffix1.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: popularize v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < popularize v. + -er suffix1.
A person who increases the popularity of another person or thing.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > [noun] > one who popularizes or simplifies
familiarizer1696
simplificator1829
popularizer1831
simplicist1891
exotericist1954
1831 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1971) VI. 864 The two orders of men of Letters, the distributors & popularizers of knowledge.., and the Advancers or Perfectors.
1848 W. K. Kelly tr. L. Blanc Hist. Ten Years II. 523 One of the most successful popularizers of science.
1878 Times 3 Dec. 7/3 If Mr. Lewes is to be spoken of as a popularizer of some of the best ideas of his time, let it be at least owned that he was among the most successful in a difficult art.
1919 M. Beer Hist. Brit. Socialism I. i. vi. 80 Adam Smith and Abraham Tucker's populariser, Paley, either use and interpret natural law in a conservative sense or draw its social-revolutionary teeth.
1974 Nature 30 Aug. 754/1 The populariser of science, as he functions today, cannot disseminate the subtle ideas of science.
1995 New Statesman & Society 24 Nov. 39/1 This is a tall order, but, in the hands of a talented populariser, like Barrow, the result is a heady brew, thought-provoking and illuminating.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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