Vulgariser (Noun)
Meaning 1
Someone who makes something attractive to the general public.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
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Meaning 2
Someone who makes something vulgar.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The writer's attempt to make the novel more relatable to a modern audience turned out to be a vulgariser, stripping the original text of its elegance and sophistication.
- His editor warned him that revising the script to include more profanity would turn him into a vulgariser, catering to the lowest common denominator.
- The critic accused the artist of being a vulgariser, corrupting the original intent of the masterpiece by adding explicit content.
- In her opinion, the film's director was a vulgariser, taking a classic tale and turning it into a cheap, sensationalised blockbuster.
- The author's detractors labelled him a vulgariser, claiming that his graphic descriptions of violence and sex had no place in literature.