Category:Plebification

Pleb`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [l. plebs the common people + -ficare (in Comp.) to make. See -fy.]

Defn: a rendering plebeian; the act of vulgarizing. [r.] You begin with the attempt to popularize learning. . . but you will End in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge.