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plebification

plebification noun: making plebeian; vulgarizing.

Noun

plebification (usually uncountable, plural plebifications)

  1. (usually) Making plebeian; vulgarizing.
    • You begin with the attempt to popularize learning […] but you will end in the plebification of knowledge.1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend

Forms of plebification

pluralplebifications

Origin of plebification

From Latin plebs (“the common people”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy.

Questions about plebification

What does plebification mean?
Plebification means making plebeian; vulgarizing.
What part of speech is plebification?
Plebification is a noun.
What is the plural of plebification?
The plural of plebification is plebifications.

Words near plebification in the dictionary

  1. plebians
  2. plebicolist
  3. plebicolists
  4. plebien
  5. plebiens
  6. plebification
  7. plebifications
  8. plebified
  9. plebifies
  10. plebify
  11. plebifying

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