Plebification

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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           You begin with the attempt to popularize learning . . .


           but you will end in the plebification of knowledge.
                                                    --Coleridge.
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