"plebification" meaning in All languages combined

See plebification on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: plebifications [plural]
Etymology: From Latin plebs (“the common people”) + -ficare (“to make”, in comparative). See -fy. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|plebs||the common people}} Latin plebs (“the common people”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} plebification (usually uncountable, plural plebifications)
  1. Making plebeian; vulgarizing. Tags: uncountable, usually Related terms: plebify
    Sense id: en-plebification-en-noun-fcW3rL7v Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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