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plebifiˈcation rare. [n. of action f. plebify.] A making or rendering plebeian; vulgarization.
1809–10Coleridge Friend (1818) III. 132 You begin with the attempt to popularize learning and philosophy; but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. 1830― Ch. & State vii. 71. 1885 H. N. Oxenham Short Stud. xv. 127 What is practically meant by the plebification of opinion..is, when put in its extremest form, the tyranny of unintelligent or half-intelligent mobs. So ˈplebificate v. rare. = next.
1893Nation (N.Y.) 6 Apr. 258/1 Religion, to adapt Coleridge's apothegm, was to be not only popularized but plebificated. |