Dictionary entry

Plebification

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

You begin with the attempt to popularize learning... but you will end in the plebification of knowledge. Coleridge.