cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors
popu·lar·ize popularizes popularizing popularized in BRIT, also use popularise To popularize something means to make a lot of people interested in it and able to enjoy it. Irving Brokaw popularized figure skating in the US. + popularization popu·lari·za·tion the popularisation of sport through television
make understandable to the general public; "Carl Sagan popularized cosmology in his books" cater to popular taste to make popular and present to the general public; bring into general or common use; "They popularized coffee in Washington State"; "Relativity Theory was vulgarized by these authors