Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense popularizes, present participle popularizing, past tense, past participle popularizedregional note: in BRIT, also use popularise
1. verb
To popularize something means to make a lot of people interested in it and able to enjoy it.
The Victorians popularized rhubarb in fools and crumbles. [VERB noun]
popularization (pɒpjʊləraɪzeɪʃən)uncountable noun
...the popularisation of sport through television. [+ of]
2. verb
To popularize an academic subject or scientific idea means to make it more easy to understand for ordinary people.
It was Aristotle who proved the world is round. Plato popularized the concept. [VERB noun]