0 the act or process of making something, or of something becoming, vulgar (= not suitable, simple, dignified or beautiful):
They voiced concerns about how television might hurt conversation, reading, and the patterns of family living, and result in the further vulgarization of American culture.
These intellectuals played a significant role in initiating cultural ideas, for subsequent vulgarization and dissemination throughout the country.
The goal is to pursue life's enrichment despite the forces of vulgarization, commercialization, and dehumanization.
For some commentators these trends signal the vulgarization, the "dumbing down" of politics.
No matter what porn does to individual viewers – and the jury is still out on that – it surely contributes to an overall coarsening and vulgarization of our culture.
The term "image" in advertising is, I suppose, a vulgarization of this concept of collective recognition.
