democratize

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democratize

  • /dɪˈmɒkɹətaɪz/ UK
  • /dɪˈmɑkɹətaɪz/ Atlantic Canada, US
  • /dɪˈmɒkɹətaɪz/ Canada, US, dialectal
  • /dɪˈmɔkɹətɑez/ Australia

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From French démocratiser. By surface analysis, democrat(ic) + -ize.

verb democratizes · democratizing · democratized · democratise

  1. transitive To make democratic. Three distinct patterns within this wave are clear: Democratic backsliding in some traditionally stable democracies; significant reversals and often breakdown of democracy in countries that successfully democratized during the late 20th and early 21st centuries; and deepening of autocracy in already
  2. broadly, transitive To broaden access to (something), especially for the sake of egalitarianism.

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verb to make democratic

Españoldemocratizar
한국어민주화(民主化)하다 minjuhwahada
日本語民主化する minshuka suru
中文民主化 mínzhǔhuà
Portuguêsdemocratizar
Françaisdémocratiser
Deutschdemokratisieren
Italianodemocratizzare
Ελληνικάεκδημοκρατίζω ekdimokratízo
Românăa democratiza
Русскийдемократизи́ровать demokratizírovatʹ
Tiếng Việtdân chủ hoá
العربيةمَقْرَطَ maqraṭa, دَقْرَطَ daqraṭa, دَمَقْرَطَ damaqraṭa

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@misc{democratize_2026,
  title = {democratize},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/democratize},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}