popularization

/ˌpɑpjəɫɝəˈzeɪʃən/ noun C1 ✓

The act of making something popular to the general public.

Word Origin Popularization comes from Latin populus 'the people' — so it's the act of making something accessible to the common people. The root populus gives us people, public, population, and popular. The suffix -ize means 'to make', and -ation turns it into a noun: the process of making something popular.

noun The act of making something popular to the general public. C1 ✓ countable

The popularization of smartphones has dramatically changed how people communicate.

(名词) 普及;推广;大众化

智能手机的普及极大地改变了人们的交流方式。

(sustantivo) popularización; divulgación; vulgarización [El acto de hacer algo popular para el público en general.]

La popularización de los teléfonos inteligentes ha cambiado drásticamente la forma en que se comunican las personas.

(nom) vulgarisation; popularisation; démocratisation [Action de rendre quelque chose populaire auprès du grand public.]

La popularization des smartphones a profondément changé la façon dont les gens communiquent.

(Substantiv) Popularisierung; Verbreitung [Der Vorgang, etwas einer breiten Öffentlichkeit zugänglich oder bekannt zu machen, um es populär zu machen.]

Die **popularization** von Smartphones hat die Art und Weise, wie Menschen kommunizieren, grundlegend verändert.

(名詞) 大衆に普及させる行為、一般の人々に広めること

スマートフォンの普及により、人々のコミュニケーション方法は劇的に変わった。

(substantivo) popularização; vulgarização; divulgação [O ato de tornar algo popular entre o público em geral.]

A popularização dos smartphones mudou drasticamente a forma como as pessoas se comunicam.

Word parts: popul + ar + ize + ation

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