vulgarizations
Making things lowbrow
Vulgarizations are acts of making something coarse, crude, or common—or the results of such acts.
A film adaptation might be a vulgarization of a novel, stripping away nuance for mass appeal.
Scientific concepts suffer vulgarization when oversimplified for popular audiences.
The word implies degradation from a higher or more refined state: His speech was a vulgarization of the original philosophy.
Profit-driven market introduction
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
- mass productionLarge-scale standardized fabrication
lowbrow · debasement · philistinism · degradation · cheapening · bastardization · corruption · desecration
Making content less challenging
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- popularizationMaking widely known
- dilutionReduction in concentration
- reductionMaking something smaller
distortion · bastardization · cheapening · trivialization · watering down · condensation · abridgment · simplifying
Lack of sophistication
- profanityVulgar or obscene speech
- obscenityIndecent word or act
- indecencyOffensive or vulgar behavior
- lewdnessCrude sexual indecency
crassness · offensiveness · tastelessness · ribaldry · bawdiness · impropriety · indelicacy · grossness
commercialization
Profit-driven market introduction
- commodificationTransforming into sellable goods
- kitschTasteless, garish art
- tackinessSticky or vulgar quality
mass production · lowbrow · debasement · philistinism · degradation · cheapening · bastardization · corruption · desecration · profanation
dumbing down
Making content less challenging
- oversimplificationStripping complexity unfairly
- popularizationMaking widely known
- dilutionReduction in concentration
reduction · distortion · bastardization · cheapening · trivialization · watering down · condensation · abridgment · simplifying · mass appeal
crudeness
Lack of sophistication
lewdness · crassness · offensiveness · tastelessness · ribaldry · bawdiness · impropriety · indelicacy · grossness · earthiness
vulgarizationsrefinements
Incremental quality upgrades
elevations · sublimations · sophistications · embellishments · cultivations