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“Popularization” or “Popularisation”

Popularization is predominantly used in American (US) English (en-US) while popularisation is predominantly used in British English (used in UK/AU/NZ) (en-GB).

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Usage by country

Where each spelling is used

Of the 12 countries below, 4 prefer “popularization” and 1 prefer “popularisation”. Usage levels are out of 100; the more common spelling in each country is in bold.

Usage level out of 100 (if available).
Country popularization popularisation Preference
United States 100 0 “popularization”
United Kingdom 46 54 “popularisation”
India 70 30 “popularization”
Philippines 100 0 “popularization”
Canada 100 0 “popularization”
Australia 0 0 Not enough data
Liberia 0 0 Not enough data
Ireland 0 0 Not enough data
New Zealand 0 0 Not enough data
Jamaica 0 0 Not enough data
Trinidad & Tobago 0 0 Not enough data
Guyana 0 0 Not enough data
Usage

Examples in context

Real sentences for each spelling. Hover an example to copy it.

“popularization”

  • …through studies, essays, films and popularization.
  • …Individual Rights in Education), the popularization of science (e.g., the World…
  • …B was crucial to the popularization and commercial success of the…
  • …expert committee on Promotion and Popularization of Biotechnology and the Expert…
  • The popularization of broadband internet and digital…
  • …corporate image building and S&T popularization.
  • The popularization of NHC ligands can be…
  • …this "musical" movement (and its popularization) mostly because of its usage…
  • Hovyan contributed to the popularization of chess in Armenia by…
  • …of her leisure to the popularization of sciences through conferences, animations,…

“popularisation”

  • …way to the development and popularisation of mindfulness-practice.
  • …knighted for "services to the popularisation of science and to broadcasting"…
  • …of Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma's popularisation of the genre in the…
  • …political advocacy and increased anti-elitism, popularisation and populism”.
  • …whose works led to the popularisation of this term.
  • This enabled the popularisation of Kabbalah by relating it…
  • …a leading figure in the popularisation of the ideas of Isaac
  • …role in the development and popularisation of the Sharada script in…
  • …services to Astronomy and its Popularisation.
  • Since the popularisation of Holy Blood, Holy Grail…

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