Community leaders have had some success in democratizing the organization.
There is internal pressure on the government to democratize.
The magazine's goal is to democratize art.
an effort to democratize politics
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In regions such as Latin America, where the United States spent much of the twentieth century supporting military rule, many countries were already skeptical of Washington’s post–Cold War pivot urging governments to democratize.—Nic Cheeseman, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025 Beijing then propped up this new ruling class as a bulwark against efforts to further democratize the territory.—Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 13 Dec. 2025 This has allowed the Espresso Martini—the version that isn’t bad—to be democratized and modernized at the same time.—Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 13 Dec. 2025 The company says this move supports its mission to democratize advanced AI.—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for democratize
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Etymology
borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize
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