popularization

noun

pop·​u·​lar·​iza·​tion

variants also British popularisation

ˌ⸗⸗lərə̇ˈzāshən, 

-ˌrīˈ-

plural -s

1

: an act of popularizing or the state of being popularized

with the popularization of the buggy … a demand rose for light harness

—V. S. Clark

2

: something that is popularized

especially : a publication in terms comprehensible to the average man

divides the true folk tale from the popularization and that in turn from the work of art

—Yale Review

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