1. made common, crude, or lacking in refinement; debased in quality or taste
Usage: past tense of vulgarise; British spelling
2. made accessible to ordinary people; popularized for general understanding
Usage: past tense of vulgarise; British spelling

Examples

• The classical music was vulgarised when it was turned into a commercial jingle.
• The professor vulgarised complex theories to make them understandable to students.
• Critics argued that the art form had been vulgarised by mass production.
• The documentary vulgarised scientific concepts for a general audience.
• Traditional customs were vulgarised through commercialization.
• The author vulgarised philosophy by writing in simple, everyday language.