DEMOCRATIZE Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

democratize

verb

Definition of democratize

as in to standardize

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disequilibrate

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Recent Examples of democratize After Japan’s defeat in WWII, there was a deliberate effort to democratize the nation and defang its intelligence community. — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 31 July 2026 Bask Health has helped democratize healthcare entrepreneurship. — Nia Bowers, USA Today, 2 July 2026 Congress wasn’t the only branch that Wilson tried to democratize. — Jesse Wegman, The Atlantic, 20 June 2026 This advancement stands to save countless lives, democratize medical knowledge, and lower overall medical costs. — Time, 16 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for democratize

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In the agentic era, this layer is increasingly standardized through open frameworks like the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

— Barney Krishnan, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Even retailers can use them to standardize how to handle tricky Point of Sale (POS) tasks.

— K.H. Koehler, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of standardize

Verb

This will help normalize asking for help and giving help between you and your close friends.

— Kevin Kruse, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
This decline in profit from car selling comes as the market continues to normalize from the extreme supply shortages that defined the pandemic.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of normalize

Verb

Messi’s pinpoint pass to Luis Suárez was headed across the Union goalmouth for Miami homegrown striker Daniel Pinter to equalize from close range.

— Felipe Cardenas, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Kate Faasse equalized for the Dash in the 42nd minute after Kiki Van Zanten’s shot deflected off North Carolina goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of equalize

Verb

This is not the first time Spain has opted to regularize its undocumented population.

— Marta Campabadal Graus, NBC news, 30 May 2026
By that time, Cuba and Argentina were the only two formal members, apart from Venezuela, that had regularized their financial situation (investment on shares) at the board of teleSUR (in December 2011 and May 2012, respectively).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 26 May 2026

Definition of regularize

Verb

European clients ordered the domestic panorama in custom sizes for the parlor and hung twenty-two arrangeable panels of distant islands and homogenized races draped in foliage and Neoclassical dress—the first garden, before knowing arrived.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2026
But in general, the scuzz in these songs is homogenized, distributed evenly rather than sticking out in clumps.

— Mitch Therieau, Pitchfork, 30 July 2026

Definition of homogenize

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