World Languages Lexicon
10 Language-to-English Dictionariesvulgarización
Pronunciation / Transliteration: bul-ɡa-ɾi-sa-ˈsjon
"La vulgarización de la ciencia ayuda a que llegue a más personas."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The act or process of making something less refined, sophisticated, or complex, often in order to make it more accessible to the general public.
"Many purists criticized the film adaptation as a crude vulgarization of the original philosophical novel." - 2
The translation or expression of a scholarly or scientific work in ordinary, everyday language.
"The scientist wrote a series of essays aimed at the popular vulgarization of quantum mechanics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'vulgaris' (pertaining to the common people, ordinary), entering English via French in the 19th century. Originally denoting the translation of books into vernacular languages, it evolved to mean the process of making something less refined, overly simplified, or crude for mass appeal.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vulgarization" is said worldwide
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vulgarisation
Transliteration: vul-ga-ri-za-sjɔ̃
"La vulgarisation scientifique est essentielle pour informer le grand public."
Vulgarisierung
Transliteration: vʊl.ɡa.ʁiˈziːʁʊŋ
"Die Vulgarisierung komplexer Theorien führt oft zu Missverständnissen."
volgarizzamento
Transliteration: vol-ɡa-rit-tsa-ˈmen-to
"Il testo ha subito una forte volgarizzazione per il pubblico moderno."
vulgarización
Transliteration: bul-ɡa-ɾi-sa-ˈsjon
"La vulgarización de la ciencia ayuda a que llegue a más personas."
vulgarização
Transliteration: vuw-ga-ɾi-za-ˈsɐ̃w
"A vulgarização da cultura de massa gerou debates intensos entre os intelectuais."
सरलीकरण
Transliteration: saralíkaran
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"जटिल विचारों का सरलीकरण करना हमेशा आसान नहीं होता।"
通俗化
Transliteration: tōng sú huà
Script: 中文汉字
"这本书致力于科学知识的通俗化。"
대중화
Transliteration: dae-jung-hwa
Script: 한국어 한글
"과학의 대중화는 현대 사회에서 매우 중요합니다."
俗文化
Transliteration: zoku bunka
Script: 日本語
"その理論の俗文化は専門家に批判された。"
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