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democratization

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˌmɒkɹətaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /dɪˌmɑkɹətəˈzeɪʃən/
  • Canada, dialectal: /dɪˌmɒkɹətəˈzeɪʃən/ of the US
  • Australian: /dɪˌmɔkɹətɑeˈzæɪʃən/
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 M AA2 K R AH0 T AH0 Z EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The introduction of democracy, its functions or principles, to an area or country which did not have democracy previously.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: strictly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The spread of democracy as a concept.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: strictly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The making more democratic of a political system.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Qualifier: strictly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The broadening of access to something, especially for the sake of egalitarianism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

the action of making something democratic

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: democratisation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: group action

History

Etymology

From democratiz(e) + -ation or democrat + -ization.

Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: demokratisering — the introduction of democracy
  • Afrikaans: demokratisasie — the introduction of democracy
  • Albanian: demokratizim — the introduction of democracy
  • Arabic: دَمَقْرَطَة (damaqraṭa) — the introduction of democracy
  • Asturian: democratización — the introduction of democracy
  • Azerbaijani: demokratikləşmə — the introduction of democracy
  • Belarusian: дэмакратыза́цыя (demakratyzácyja) — the introduction of democracy
  • Bulgarian: демократиза́ция (demokratizácija) — the introduction of democracy
  • Catalan: democratització — the introduction of democracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 民主化 (mínzhǔhuà) — the introduction of democracy
  • Czech: demokratizace — the introduction of democracy
  • Danish: demokratisering — the introduction of democracy
  • Dutch: democratisering — the introduction of democracy
  • Dutch: democratisatie — the introduction of democracy
  • Estonian: demokratiseerimine — the introduction of democracy
  • Finnish: demokratisointi — the introduction of democracy
  • Finnish: demokratisaatio — the introduction of democracy
  • French: démocratisation — the introduction of democracy
  • Galician: democratización — the introduction of democracy
  • Georgian: დემოკრატიზაცია (demoḳraṭizacia) — the introduction of democracy
  • German: Demokratisierung — the introduction of democracy
  • Greek: εκδημοκρατισμός (ekdimokratismós) — the introduction of democracy
  • Greek: δημοκρατικοποίηση (dimokratikopoíisi) — the introduction of democracy
  • Hebrew: דֶּמוֹקְרָטִיזַצְיָה (demokratizátsya) — the introduction of democracy
  • Hindi: जनतंत्रीकरण (jantantrīkraṇ) — the introduction of democracy
  • Hungarian: demokratizálás — the introduction of democracy
  • Hungarian: demokratizáció — the introduction of democracy
  • Indonesian: demokratisasi — the introduction of democracy
  • Italian: democratizzazione — the introduction of democracy
  • Japanese: 民主化 (minshuka) — the introduction of democracy
  • Kazakh: демократияландыру (demokratiälandyru) — the introduction of democracy
  • Kazakh: демократиялану (demokratiälanu) — the introduction of democracy
  • Kazakh: бұқарашылдандыру (būqaraşyldandyru) — the introduction of democracy
  • Korean: 민주화 (minjuhwa) — the introduction of democracy
  • Kyrgyz: демократизация (demokratizatsiya) — the introduction of democracy
  • Kyrgyz: демократиялаштыруу (demokratiyalaştıruu) — the introduction of democracy
  • Latvian: demokratizācija — the introduction of democracy
  • Lithuanian: demokratizacija — the introduction of democracy
  • Macedonian: демократиза́ција (demokratizácija) — the introduction of democracy
  • Malay: pendemokrasian — the introduction of democracy
  • Malay: demokratisasi — the introduction of democracy
  • Norwegian Bokmål: demokratisering — the introduction of democracy
  • Occitan: democratizacion — the introduction of democracy
  • Polish: demokratyzacja — the introduction of democracy
  • Portuguese: democratização — the introduction of democracy
  • Romanian: democratizare — the introduction of democracy
  • Russian: демократиза́ция (demokratizácija) — the introduction of democracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: демократиза́ција — the introduction of democracy
  • Serbo-Croatian: demokratizácija — the introduction of democracy
  • Slovak: demokratizácia — the introduction of democracy
  • Slovene: demokratizacija — the introduction of democracy
  • Spanish: democratización — the introduction of democracy
  • Swedish: demokratisering — the introduction of democracy
  • Tagalog: demokratisasyon — the introduction of democracy
  • Turkish: demokratikleşme — the introduction of democracy
  • Turkish: demokratizasyon — the introduction of democracy
  • Turkmen: demokratizasiýa — the introduction of democracy
  • Ukrainian: демократиза́ція (demokratyzácija) — the introduction of democracy
  • Uyghur: دېموكراتىيەلەشتۈرۈش (dëmokratiyeleshtürüsh) — the introduction of democracy
  • Uzbek: demokratlashtirish — the introduction of democracy
  • Uzbek: demokratizatsiya — the introduction of democracy
  • Uzbek: demokratlashish — the introduction of democracy
  • Vietnamese: dân chủ hoá — the introduction of democracy
  • Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטיזאַציע (demokratizatsye) — the introduction of democracy
  • Yiddish: דעמאָקראַטיזירונג (demokratizirung) — the introduction of democracy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 平民化 (píngmínhuà) — broadening of access
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大衆化 /大众化 (dàzhònghuà) — broadening of access
Real reading context

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