democratize

[ dih-mok-ruh-tahyz ]
/ dɪˈmɒk rəˌtaɪz /

verb (used with or without object), de·moc·ra·tized, de·moc·ra·tiz·ing.

to make or become democratic.
Also especially British, de·moc·ra·tise.

Origin of democratize

1790–1800; < French démocratiser, equivalent to démocrate democrat + -iser -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM democratize

Words nearby democratize

democratic deficit, democratic party, democratic republic of congo, democratic socialism, democratic-republican party, democratize, democritus, democritus junior, demoded, demodex, demodex folliculorum

Example sentences from the Web for democratised

  • But in a democratised and self-governing India it might easily become a much more palpable anomaly.

    India, Old and New |Sir Valentine Chirol

  • If Germany should be democratised, what place would be left for them?

    Face to Face with Kaiserism |James W. Gerard

  • Diffused as was then the passion for books, it had not yet been democratised to the point of being understood by the people.

    The Printed Book |Henri Bouchot

  • With natural French acuteness he showed the bourgeois character of the revolution in the Church, republicanised and democratised.

    Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy |Frederick Engels

British Dictionary definitions for democratised

democratize

democratise

/ (dɪˈmɒkrəˌtaɪz) /

verb

(tr) to make democratic

Derived forms of democratize

democratization or democratisation, noun