democratizev.

Brit.

/dᵻˈmɒkrətʌɪz/, U.S.

/dᵻˈmɑkrəˌtaɪz/

Forms: 1700s– democratize, 1800s– democratise.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French démocratiser.

Etymology: < French démocratiser to make democratic (1568 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 1792; already a1372 in Middle French in sense ‘to be a democracy’) < democrat- (in democratie democracy n.) + -iser -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin democratizare (13th cent.), Hellenistic Greek δημοκρατίζειν to be on the democratic side; also German demokratisieren (1783 as demokratisiren).

a. transitive. To make (a state, institution, etc.) more democratic; to introduce a democratic system or democratic principles to.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > make democratic [verb (transitive)]

popularize1791

democratize1794

1794 Authentic Hist. Revol. Geneva 7 Nothing appeared more difficult than to conceive in what we could democratize ourselves more to please France.

1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 583 Not to democratize any one of the great continental powers.

1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 398 The tendency of the measure was to democratize..the constitution.

1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xl. 85 The State Government, which is nothing but the colonial government developed and somewhat democratized.

1930 Junior High School Clearing House 4 264/2 The increased tendency on the part of high-school administrators to democratize, citizenize, and moralize their high-school organizations.

1986 New Socialist Sept. 7/2 We cannot democratise a quango.

2004 New Republic 13 Sept. 6/2 The failure to find WMD..marks the start of a broader effort to democratize the Muslim world.

b. intransitive. To become more democratic. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > practise equal rule by all [verb (intransitive)] > become democratic

democratize1840

1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 506 The fact that we are democratising must be evident.

2006 N. Saghafi-Ameri in V. P. Malik & E. Crome Europe & Asia xii. 153 Europe is more or less at peace and Russia is democratising.

2. transitive. To make (something) accessible to a wide range of people; to make (something) less elitist, pretentious, etc.In quot. 1798: (intransitive) to treat all people equally.

ΚΠ

1796 W. Smith Oration 25 To see..virtue aristocratized to trample on it without shame, and vice democratized to commit it with impunity.

1798 R. Southey Let. 28 May in New Lett. (1965) I. 166 Two flaming young Ladies entered, the one of whom is laying close siege to the citadel of the Bishops affections... The folly and pertness and forwardness..amused me for half an hour. I was disposed to Democratize and so laughed with them and at them.

1840 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 18 Aug. 3/3 Without wishing to democratize it quite down to a ‘log cabin’, we think a suitable residence might be erected for our Presidents, spacious and elegant while simple and unambitious.

1858 Harper's Mag. Apr. 650/1 Again she attempts to democratize painting in her dear Italy, by inducing painters to draw their subjects from what is immediately about them.

1906 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 448 Zola has democratised the novel in another fashion.

1928 E. A. Powell Embattled Borders vii. 244 [The socialists] would also increase and democratize educational facilities.

2011 National Trust Mag. Summer 58/2 They were trying to find a route to combine traditional craft techniques and larger production techniques, democratising beautifully crafted pieces and rejecting the horror of the throwaway manufacture that Morris objected to at the Great Exhibition.

Derivatives

deˈmocratizer n. a person who or thing which democratizes something.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun] > making democratic > one who

democratizer1825

1825 A. Vieusseux Anselmo I. vi. 183 A multitude of hot-headed individuals were sent from Naples, to inundate the country, under the new name of democratizers.

1916 Final Rep. Comm. on Industr. Relations (U.S. Congr.) I. 710 For those who go into the unions it is the greatest educator to-day; it is the greatest democratizer that we have.

1998 Personal Computer World June 222/2 Web metacomputing has the potential to be a great democratiser of science.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	democratize
释义	democratizev. Brit. /dᵻˈmɒkrətʌɪz/, U.S. /dᵻˈmɑkrəˌtaɪz/ Forms: 1700s– democratize, 1800s– democratise. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French démocratiser. Etymology: < French démocratiser to make democratic (1568 in Middle French in an apparently isolated attestation, subsequently from 1792; already a1372 in Middle French in sense ‘to be a democracy’) < democrat- (in democratie democracy n.) + -iser -ize suffix. Compare post-classical Latin democratizare (13th cent.), Hellenistic Greek δημοκρατίζειν to be on the democratic side; also German demokratisieren (1783 as demokratisiren). 1. a. transitive. To make (a state, institution, etc.) more democratic; to introduce a democratic system or democratic principles to. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > make democratic [verb (transitive)] popularize1791 democratize1794 1794 Authentic Hist. Revol. Geneva 7 Nothing appeared more difficult than to conceive in what we could democratize ourselves more to please France. 1798 W. Taylor in Monthly Rev. 27 583 Not to democratize any one of the great continental powers. 1831 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 30 398 The tendency of the measure was to democratize..the constitution. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xl. 85 The State Government, which is nothing but the colonial government developed and somewhat democratized. 1930 Junior High School Clearing House 4 264/2 The increased tendency on the part of high-school administrators to democratize, citizenize, and moralize their high-school organizations. 1986 New Socialist Sept. 7/2 We cannot democratise a quango. 2004 New Republic 13 Sept. 6/2 The failure to find WMD..marks the start of a broader effort to democratize the Muslim world. b. intransitive. To become more democratic. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > practise equal rule by all [verb (intransitive)] > become democratic democratize1840 1840 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 7 506 The fact that we are democratising must be evident. 2006 N. Saghafi-Ameri in V. P. Malik & E. Crome Europe & Asia xii. 153 Europe is more or less at peace and Russia is democratising. 2. transitive. To make (something) accessible to a wide range of people; to make (something) less elitist, pretentious, etc.In quot. 1798: (intransitive) to treat all people equally. ΚΠ 1796 W. Smith Oration 25 To see..virtue aristocratized to trample on it without shame, and vice democratized to commit it with impunity. 1798 R. Southey Let. 28 May in New Lett. (1965) I. 166 Two flaming young Ladies entered, the one of whom is laying close siege to the citadel of the Bishops affections... The folly and pertness and forwardness..amused me for half an hour. I was disposed to Democratize and so laughed with them and at them. 1840 Cleveland (Ohio) Daily Herald 18 Aug. 3/3 Without wishing to democratize it quite down to a ‘log cabin’, we think a suitable residence might be erected for our Presidents, spacious and elegant while simple and unambitious. 1858 Harper's Mag. Apr. 650/1 Again she attempts to democratize painting in her dear Italy, by inducing painters to draw their subjects from what is immediately about them. 1906 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 448 Zola has democratised the novel in another fashion. 1928 E. A. Powell Embattled Borders vii. 244 [The socialists] would also increase and democratize educational facilities. 2011 National Trust Mag. Summer 58/2 They were trying to find a route to combine traditional craft techniques and larger production techniques, democratising beautifully crafted pieces and rejecting the horror of the throwaway manufacture that Morris objected to at the Great Exhibition. Derivatives deˈmocratizer n. a person who or thing which democratizes something. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun] > making democratic > one who democratizer1825 1825 A. Vieusseux Anselmo I. vi. 183 A multitude of hot-headed individuals were sent from Naples, to inundate the country, under the new name of democratizers. 1916 Final Rep. Comm. on Industr. Relations (U.S. Congr.) I. 710 For those who go into the unions it is the greatest educator to-day; it is the greatest democratizer that we have. 1998 Personal Computer World June 222/2 Web metacomputing has the potential to be a great democratiser of science. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1794
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