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devulgarisation

devulgarisation is the alternative form of devulgarization.

Meaning of devulgarization

Noun

devulgarization (uncountable)

  1. The process of devulgarizing something.
    • It may be figured as a vertical process, one of rise or fall; fall of value or vulgarization being on the whole more in evidence in the special field of folk-lore than rise of value or devulgarization.1920, Robert Ranpulph Marett, Psychology and Folk-lore, page 99

Questions about devulgarisation

What is devulgarisation the alternative form of?
Devulgarisation is the alternative form of devulgarization.

Words near devulgarisation in the dictionary

  1. devulcanized
  2. devulcanizer
  3. devulcanizers
  4. devulcanizes
  5. devulcanizing
  6. devulgarisation
  7. devulgarise
  8. devulgarised
  9. devulgarises
  10. devulgarising
  11. devulgarization

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