verb · 4 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.
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Received-Pronunciation:/dɪˈmɒkɹətaɪz/
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Atlantic-Canada, General-American:/dɪˈmɑkɹətaɪz/
Canada, dialectal:/dɪˈmɒkɹətaɪz/of the US
Australian:/dɪˈmɔkɹətɑez/
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Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
verb
Meaning 1
To make democratic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Qualifier: strictly
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
verb
Meaning 2
To broaden access to (something), especially for the sake of egalitarianism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
introduce democratic reforms; of nations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: democratise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
4
verb
Meaning 4
become (more) democratic; of nations
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: democratise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology
From French démocratiser, equivalent to democrat + -ize.
Across languages
Translations
55 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
demokratizoj
— to make democratic
Arabic:
مَقْرَطَ
(maqraṭa)
— to make democratic
Arabic:
دَقْرَطَ
(daqraṭa)
— to make democratic
Arabic:
دَمَقْرَطَ
(damaqraṭa)
— to make democratic
Armenian:
ռամկավարացնել
(ṙamkavaracʻnel)
— to make democratic
Armenian:
ժողովրդավարացնել
(žoġovrdavaracʻnel)
— to make democratic
Asturian:
democratizar
— to make democratic
Azerbaijani:
demokratikləşdirmək
— to make democratic
Belarusian:
дэмакратызава́ць
(demakratyzavácʹ)
— to make democratic
Bulgarian:
демократизи́рам
(demokratizíram)
— to make democratic
Catalan:
democratitzar
— to make democratic
Chinese Mandarin:
民主化
(mínzhǔhuà)
— to make democratic
Czech:
demokratizovat
— to make democratic
Danish:
demokratisere
— to make democratic
Dutch:
democratiseren
— to make democratic
Estonian:
demokratiseerima
— to make democratic
Finnish:
kansanvaltaistaa
— to make democratic
Finnish:
demokratisoida
— to make democratic
French:
démocratiser
— to make democratic
Galician:
democratizar
— to make democratic
Georgian:
გადემოკრატიულება
(gademoḳraṭiuleba)
— to make democratic
German:
demokratisieren
— to make democratic
Greek:
εκδημοκρατίζω
(ekdimokratízo)
— to make democratic
Hungarian:
demokratizál
— to make democratic
Irish:
daonlathaigh
— to make democratic
Irish:
déan daonlathach
— to make democratic
Italian:
democratizzare
— to make democratic
Japanese:
民主化する
(minshuka suru)
— to make democratic
Korean:
민주화(民主化)하다
(minjuhwahada)
— to make democratic
Latvian:
demokratizēt
— to make democratic
Lithuanian:
demokratizuoti
— to make democratic
Macedonian:
демократизи́ра
(demokratizíra)
— to make democratic
Mongolian:
ардчилах
(ardčilax)
— to make democratic
Norwegian Bokmål:
demokratisere
— to make democratic
Occitan:
democratizar
— to make democratic
Polish:
demokratyzować
— to make democratic
Polish:
zdemokratyzować
— to make democratic
Portuguese:
democratizar
— to make democratic
Romanian:
a democratiza
— to make democratic
Russian:
демократизи́ровать
(demokratizírovatʹ)
— to make democratic
Serbo-Croatian:
демократизи́рати
— to make democratic
Serbo-Croatian:
демократизовати
— to make democratic
Serbo-Croatian:
demokratizírati
— to make democratic
Serbo-Croatian:
demokratizovati
— to make democratic
Slovak:
demokratizovať
— to make democratic
Slovene:
demokratizirati
— to make democratic
Spanish:
democratizar
— to make democratic
Swedish:
demokratisera
— to make democratic
Turkish:
demokratikleştirmek
— to make democratic
Turkmen:
demokratiýalaşdyrmak
— to make democratic
Ukrainian:
демократизува́ти
(demokratyzuváty)
— to make democratic
Uyghur:
دېموكراتىيەلەشتۈرمەك
(dëmokratiyeleshtürmek)
— to make democratic
Uzbek:
demokratlashtirmoq
— to make democratic
Vietnamese:
dân chủ hoá
— to make democratic
Yiddish:
דעמאָקראַטיזירן
(demokratizirn)
— to make democratic