democratize
pronunciation
How to pronounce democratize in British English:
UK [dɪˈmɒkrətaɪz]
How to pronounce democratize in American English:
US [dɪˈmɑkrətaɪz]
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- Verb:
- become (more) democratic; of nations
- introduce democratic reforms; of nations
Word Origin
- democratize (v.)
- 1798 (transitive), 1840 (intransitive), from French démocratiser, from démocratie (see democracy). Greek demokratizein meant "to be on the democratic side."
Example
- 1. On his stanford homepage he says he wants to " democratize " education .
- 2. But when king fahd visited washington in 1985 he received no lectures about the urgent necessity to democratize his realm .
- 3. But to achieve it , we have to democratize our own societies and claim control of our own foreign policy .
- 4. Even after the bush administration 's brief push to democratize the arab world , egypt 's seemingly eternal president looked as solid as the sphinx .
- 5. In our haste to democratize -- and also as a condition for western aid -- we copied and adopted the western form of democracy and neglected to build upon our own democratic tradition .