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devulgarization

devulgarization noun: the process of devulgarizing something.

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

Forms of devulgarization

alternative formdevulgarisation

Origin of devulgarization

From devulgarize + -ation. Attested since the 20th century.

Questions about devulgarization

What does devulgarization mean?
Devulgarization means the process of devulgarizing something.
What part of speech is devulgarization?
Devulgarization is a noun.

Words near devulgarization in the dictionary

  1. devulgarisation
  2. devulgarise
  3. devulgarised
  4. devulgarises
  5. devulgarising
  6. devulgarization
  7. devulgarize
  8. devulgarized
  9. devulgarizes
  10. devulgarizing
  11. devvel

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