popularisation
popularisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularization.
Meaning of popularization
Noun
popularization (plural popularizations)
- The act of making something popular to the general public.
- As Valentinov and others pointed out, the extreme obstinacy with which Lenin defended materialism was rooted not only in Marxism but in the tradition of the Russian materialists, especially Chernyshevsky, whose philosophy was a popularization of Feuerbach.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume II: The Golden Age, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: rozwój (in...
Forms of popularisation
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Origin of popularisation
From popular + -isation.
Questions about popularisation
- What is popularisation the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of?
- Popularisation is the non-Oxford British English standard spelling of popularization.
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