repopularize
To make something popular again after it fell out of fashion — the verb form of a cultural comeback.
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To make something popular again after it fell out of fashion — the verb form of a cultural comeback. You can repopularize a music genre, a fashion trend, a forgotten TV show, or even a slang word. It's the linguistic equivalent of a revival, and in the age of TikTok, repopularizing things is basically a full-time industry. One viral post can repopularize a 30-year-old song overnight. Straightforward modern American English, no slang baggage, totally understood.
That one TikTok video managed to repopularize an entire 90s fashion trend among Gen Z.
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(US, transitive) To make popular again.
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- repopularise84%
British spelling of 'repopularize' — to make something popular again after it has gone out of fashion or fallen from favour. The word is formal and fairly rare in everyday speech but appears in commentary on cultural revivals, political campaigns, and social trends.
- repopularise83%
(British, transitive) To make popular again.
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Popularity or a current craze.
- comeback61%
A return (e.g. to popularity, success, etc.) after an extended period of obscurity or underperformance.