popularizev.

Brit.

/ˈpɒpjᵿlərʌɪz/, U.S.

/ˈpɑpjələˌraɪz/

Forms: 1500s 1700s– popularise, 1700s– popularize.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: popular adj., -ize suffix.

Etymology: < popular adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French populariser to present (a person or thing) to the people in a favourable way, to make (a person or thing) popular (1789; the use with a person as object is now rare), to make (a thing) accessible or available to all (1790 or earlier, in the passage translated in quot. 1791 at sense 2a), (pejorative) to present (a technical subject) in a generally intelligible form (1809; rare); earlier in senses ‘(of a custom) to become widespread’ (1622, used reflexively; rare in this sense before the 19th cent.) and ‘(of the works of a thinker) to be widely available’ (c1700 in an apparently isolated attestation, used reflexively)). Compare also Spanish popularizar (1813 or earlier in sense 2c, 1829 or earlier in sense 2b (usually used reflexively in the latter sense)), Italian popolarizzare to make (a thing) popular, to propagate (a thing) among the people (1738).

†1. intransitive. To act in a popular way; to seek the admiration or support of others. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > popularity > become popular [verb (intransitive)] > seek popularity

popularize1593

1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 111 Some Popes haue bene glad for their aduantage, to tyrannise Popularly, so he may chaunce be content for his aduauncement, to popularise tyrannically: and shall not be the first..that hath cunningly done it with a comely grace.

a. transitive. To make democratic; to make accessible or available to all. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > make democratic [verb (transitive)]

popularize1791

democratize1794

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > give a general character to [verb (transitive)] > make generally accessible or available

popularize1884

1791 tr. C. A. de Calonne Considerations Present & Future State France 251 By arming the people, and popularising the army [Fr. En armant le peuple, et popularisant l'armée], [they] have occasioned insurrections among the former, and the neglect of discipline in the latter.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 598 ‘Popularize the government,’ say they: ‘reform the representation.’

1884 Manch. Examiner 26 June 5/1 Protestations of their willingness to popularise the suffrage.

1901 Times 13 July 9/1 You will not get this administrative function performed with the temper and efficiency with which it ought to be performed..until, first and foremost, you popularize the composition of the body.

b. transitive. To make popular; to make generally accepted and liked.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > popularity > make popular [verb (transitive)]

republicatea1670

to give vogue1688

vogue1709

popularize1793

1793 Rep. Comm. Gen. Def. on Dispositions Brit. Govt. towards France 6 He must embroil the two nations, popularise the war, cause the new repablicans [sic] to be detested even by those English who had gloried in esteeming them.

1797 Earl of Malmesbury in Diaries & Corr. (1844) III. 512 He depended a little on the word peace to popularize him in his own country.

1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 37 To preserve their power they must popularise themselves.

1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. iv. 57 He despised our Moslem allies..and thought with pity of the miserable herds of men in regiments marching across the steppes at the bidding of a despot that we were helping to popularise.

1920 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 14 June 4/2 It was discovered that the [cartridge] silk made unusually fine dresses... With this kowledge in hand the only thing necessary was to put it on the market and popularize it.

1934 Flight 26 141/2 The idea of air bombing, which General Groves and..his supporters are trying to popularize.

1986 A. Massie Colette i. 24 Alphonse Daudet popularized a stereotype of the southerner, the man from the Midi, in his Tartarin books.

2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iii. 100 During the 1960s, Timothy Leary..did much to popularize the myth that consumption of LSD allowed consumers to examine their spirituality.

c. transitive. To present (a technical or specialized subject) in a generally intelligible or appealing form. Occasionally intransitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > simplify, popularize [verb (transitive)]

explainc1425

moderate1557

facilitate1605

to bring down1719–20

simplify1750

familiarize1752

popularize1799

1799 Two Expostulations 15 The lover of truth reads the New Testament and observes how the most important moral principles are popularized in it—how they are fitted to all understandings.

1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 80 He possesses..the power of seizing upon and popularizing the finer parts of his subject.

1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) xii. 620 Engaged in the diffusion of knowledge, in popularising history or science.

1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 100 His [sc. Henry Sweet's] great ability as a phonetician..would have entitled him to high official recognition, and perhaps enabled him to popularize his subject, but for his Satanic contempt for all academic dignitaries and persons in general who thought more of Greek than of phonetics.

1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 10/3 True-blue musicians; they knew their facts and..looked at them steadily in order to check their theories, and they did not popularize.

1991 R. Ashton G. H. Lewes A Life iii. 45 Lewes for the first time gives evidence of his powers of popularizing, of making difficult, even technical, arguments palatable to the layman.

d. transitive. To cause (a word) to become generally known or used; spec. to use or encourage the use of (technical or specialized vocabulary) in a wider context.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > simplify, popularize [verb (transitive)] > of technical language

popularize1904

1904 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/5 Spencer was a great phrase maker. It was he who popularized the word ‘evolution’.

1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. xliii Why did not Erasmus Darwin popularize the word Evolution as effectively as Charles?

1965 E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 461/1 Our interest in our bodies has always made us prone to popularize medical terms.

1991 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. viii. 1/1 The late Pittsburgh baseball announcer..once popularized a ‘green weenie’ as a hex on Pirate opponents.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	popularize
释义	popularizev. Brit. /ˈpɒpjᵿlərʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpɑpjələˌraɪz/ Forms: 1500s 1700s– popularise, 1700s– popularize. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: popular adj., -ize suffix. Etymology: < popular adj. + -ize suffix. Compare French populariser to present (a person or thing) to the people in a favourable way, to make (a person or thing) popular (1789; the use with a person as object is now rare), to make (a thing) accessible or available to all (1790 or earlier, in the passage translated in quot. 1791 at sense 2a), (pejorative) to present (a technical subject) in a generally intelligible form (1809; rare); earlier in senses ‘(of a custom) to become widespread’ (1622, used reflexively; rare in this sense before the 19th cent.) and ‘(of the works of a thinker) to be widely available’ (c1700 in an apparently isolated attestation, used reflexively)). Compare also Spanish popularizar (1813 or earlier in sense 2c, 1829 or earlier in sense 2b (usually used reflexively in the latter sense)), Italian popolarizzare to make (a thing) popular, to propagate (a thing) among the people (1738). †1. intransitive. To act in a popular way; to seek the admiration or support of others. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > popularity > become popular [verb (intransitive)] > seek popularity popularize1593 1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 111 Some Popes haue bene glad for their aduantage, to tyrannise Popularly, so he may chaunce be content for his aduauncement, to popularise tyrannically: and shall not be the first..that hath cunningly done it with a comely grace. 2. a. transitive. To make democratic; to make accessible or available to all. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > make democratic [verb (transitive)] popularize1791 democratize1794 the world > relative properties > kind or sort > generality > give a general character to [verb (transitive)] > make generally accessible or available popularize1884 1791 tr. C. A. de Calonne Considerations Present & Future State France 251 By arming the people, and popularising the army [Fr. En armant le peuple, et popularisant l'armée], [they] have occasioned insurrections among the former, and the neglect of discipline in the latter. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 29 598 ‘Popularize the government,’ say they: ‘reform the representation.’ 1884 Manch. Examiner 26 June 5/1 Protestations of their willingness to popularise the suffrage. 1901 Times 13 July 9/1 You will not get this administrative function performed with the temper and efficiency with which it ought to be performed..until, first and foremost, you popularize the composition of the body. b. transitive. To make popular; to make generally accepted and liked. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > quality of being approvable or acceptable > popularity > make popular [verb (transitive)] republicatea1670 to give vogue1688 vogue1709 popularize1793 1793 Rep. Comm. Gen. Def. on Dispositions Brit. Govt. towards France 6 He must embroil the two nations, popularise the war, cause the new repablicans [sic] to be detested even by those English who had gloried in esteeming them. 1797 Earl of Malmesbury in Diaries & Corr. (1844) III. 512 He depended a little on the word peace to popularize him in his own country. 1835 Fraser's Mag. 12 37 To preserve their power they must popularise themselves. 1876 G. Meredith Beauchamp's Career I. iv. 57 He despised our Moslem allies..and thought with pity of the miserable herds of men in regiments marching across the steppes at the bidding of a despot that we were helping to popularise. 1920 Chron.-Telegram (Elyria, Ohio) 14 June 4/2 It was discovered that the [cartridge] silk made unusually fine dresses... With this kowledge in hand the only thing necessary was to put it on the market and popularize it. 1934 Flight 26 141/2 The idea of air bombing, which General Groves and..his supporters are trying to popularize. 1986 A. Massie Colette i. 24 Alphonse Daudet popularized a stereotype of the southerner, the man from the Midi, in his Tartarin books. 2000 J. Mann Murder, Magic, & Med. (rev. ed.) iii. 100 During the 1960s, Timothy Leary..did much to popularize the myth that consumption of LSD allowed consumers to examine their spirituality. c. transitive. To present (a technical or specialized subject) in a generally intelligible or appealing form. Occasionally intransitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > simplify, popularize [verb (transitive)] explainc1425 moderate1557 facilitate1605 to bring down1719–20 simplify1750 familiarize1752 popularize1799 1799 Two Expostulations 15 The lover of truth reads the New Testament and observes how the most important moral principles are popularized in it—how they are fitted to all understandings. 1836 Tait's Edinb. Mag. New Ser. 3 80 He possesses..the power of seizing upon and popularizing the finer parts of his subject. 1873 J. Earle Philol. Eng. Tongue (ed. 2) xii. 620 Engaged in the diffusion of knowledge, in popularising history or science. 1916 G. B. Shaw Pygmalion 100 His [sc. Henry Sweet's] great ability as a phonetician..would have entitled him to high official recognition, and perhaps enabled him to popularize his subject, but for his Satanic contempt for all academic dignitaries and persons in general who thought more of Greek than of phonetics. 1923 Times Lit. Suppl. 4 Jan. 10/3 True-blue musicians; they knew their facts and..looked at them steadily in order to check their theories, and they did not popularize. 1991 R. Ashton G. H. Lewes A Life iii. 45 Lewes for the first time gives evidence of his powers of popularizing, of making difficult, even technical, arguments palatable to the layman. d. transitive. To cause (a word) to become generally known or used; spec. to use or encourage the use of (technical or specialized vocabulary) in a wider context. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > clearness, lucidity > simplifying, popularization > simplify, popularize [verb (transitive)] > of technical language popularize1904 1904 Bedford (Pa.) Gaz. 29 Jan. 3/5 Spencer was a great phrase maker. It was he who popularized the word ‘evolution’. 1921 G. B. Shaw Back to Methuselah p. xliii Why did not Erasmus Darwin popularize the word Evolution as effectively as Charles? 1965 E. Gowers Fowler's Mod. Eng. Usage (ed. 2) 461/1 Our interest in our bodies has always made us prone to popularize medical terms. 1991 N.Y. Times 13 Oct. viii. 1/1 The late Pittsburgh baseball announcer..once popularized a ‘green weenie’ as a hex on Pirate opponents. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1593
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