democratize
verb
de·moc·ra·tize
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democratized;
democratizing
Definition of democratize
: to make democratic
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Other Words from democratize
democratization
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democratizer
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Examples of democratize in a Sentence
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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Floral Street is helping to modernize and democratize scent in other ways, too. — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, "Floral Street, an Affordable, Vegan Fragrance Brand, Is Now Sold at Sephora," 13 Aug. 2019 Worse, the effort to liberalize and democratize an anti-Western culture was prohibitively expensive in blood and treasure. — Andrew C. Mccarthy, National Review, "Losing the War in Forgotten Afghanistan," 10 Aug. 2019 The venture could bring internet access to remote communities across the planet, democratizing education. — Teresa Watanabe, latimes.com, "$100-million gift to UCLA shows growing role of private donors in public universities," 4 June 2019 The Maysles made Salesman and Grey Gardens, Leacock created a movement to democratize documentary filmmaking by teaching how to shoot in inexpensive Super 8, and then there was Penny. — Bart Weiss, Dallas News, "Dallas critic remembers D.A. Pennebaker, creator of the Dylan myth, modern documentary and music video," 5 Aug. 2019 Olszewski had also noticed how Instagram and social media have democratized the insular, perhaps intimidating world of wine drinking. — Alex Abad-santos, Vox, "Inside the calculated race to create the next drink of summer," 17 July 2019 Think Globally: Representing over 1.5 million copyrights for creators from 64 countries, Songtrust is a direct witness to how the internet has democratized and hugely expanded the songwriting world. — Colin Stutz, Billboard, "Jobs of Tomorrow: How Songtrust's Dewayne Ector Recovers Royalties for Artists," 27 June 2019 Nye hopes the Planetary Society's solar sail mission will put a little more science behind the technology, leading to additional technical developments by NASA or other international space agency because of its potential to democratize space travel. — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, "One legacy of Carl Sagan may take flight next week—a working solar sail," 20 June 2019 Income Share Agreements democratize access to opportunity by putting students first. — Austen Allred, WIRED, "To End Student Debt, Tie Tuition to Post-Graduation Salaries," 31 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'democratize.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for democratize
democratize
verb
English Language Learners Definition of democratize
: to make (a country or organization) more democratic
formal
: to make (something) available to all people : to make it possible for all people to understand (something)
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