The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vulgarization \Vul`gar*i*za"tion\, n. The act or process of making vulgar, or common. [1913 Webster]WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
vulgarization n 1: the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined [syn: vulgarization, vulgarisation] 2: the act of making something attractive to the general public [syn: popularization, popularisation, vulgarization, vulgarisation]