vulgarize

Etymology

vulgar + -ize

verb

  1. To make commonplace, lewd, or vulgar.
    "Yes," said Mr. Flushing. "And in my opinion," he continued, "the absence of population to which Hirst objects is precisely the significant touch. You must admit, Hirst, that a little Italian town even would vulgarise the whole scene, would detract from the vastness — the sense of elemental grandeur." 1915, Virginia Woolf, The Voyage Out

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