- Plebification
- Plebification Pleb`i*fi*ca"tion, n. [L. plebs the common
people + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {-fy}.]
A rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [R.]
[1913 Webster]
You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . . but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.