popularizes
Brings to masses
Popularizes means to make something widely known or accessible to ordinary people.
A scientist popularizes research by explaining it in plain language; a documentary popularizes a historical event by bringing it to mass audiences.
The word often implies simplification: Critics accused him of popularizing complex ideas to the point of distortion.
To popularize can also mean to make something fashionable or widely adopted: The Beatles popularized the Rickenbacker guitar.
Distributes over area
- promotesAdvocates or elevates
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- circulatesMoves in a loop
- disseminatesDistributes information broadly
transmits · shares · publicizes · propagates · distributes · introduces · mainstreams · amplifies
Dominant cultural currents
- viralSpreading quickly online
- trendingCurrently gaining widespread attention
- fadsShort-lived popular phenomena
- crazesSudden widespread enthusiasms
hypes · boosts · elevates · launches · sparks · ignites · catapults · propels
Makes something understandable
- demystifiesMakes understandable
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
- translatesConverts between languages
interprets · breaks down · accessibility · digestible · layman · understandable · approachable · readable
Brings into contact
- globalizesSpreads to all nations
- exportsGoods sold abroad
- importsGoods brought in
- cross-culturalInvolving multiple societies
adapts · borrows · appropriates · hybridizes · localizes · westernizes · modernizes · revives
spreads
Distributes over area
- promotesAdvocates or elevates
- broadcastsTransmissions for public reception
- circulatesMoves in a loop
disseminates · transmits · shares · publicizes · propagates · distributes · introduces · mainstreams · amplifies · communicates
mainstreams
Dominant cultural currents
- viralSpreading quickly online
- trendingCurrently gaining widespread attention
- fadsShort-lived popular phenomena
crazes · hypes · boosts · elevates · launches · sparks · ignites · catapults · propels · drives
explains
Makes something understandable
- demystifiesMakes understandable
- simplifiesMakes less complex
- clarifiesMakes more understandable
translates · interprets · breaks down · accessibility · digestible · layman · understandable · approachable · readable · dumbs down
introduces
Brings into contact
- globalizesSpreads to all nations
- exportsGoods sold abroad
- importsGoods brought in
cross-cultural · adapts · borrows · appropriates · hybridizes · localizes · westernizes · modernizes · revives · resurrects
popularizesobscures
Makes difficult to perceive
hides · conceals · suppresses · buries · censors
popularizescomplicates
Makes more difficult
obfuscates · mystifies · rarifies · specializes · intellectualizes
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