单词 | democratizing |
释义 | democratizingn. The action of making something more democratic in organization or character; democratization. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [noun] > making democratic democratizing1794 popularization1797 democratization1798 1794 F. D’Ivernois Let. 22 Aug. in T. Jefferson Papers (2000) XXVIII. 137 There will be..an election of a National Convention with a view to finish the Democratizing of our constitution on this new principle. 1859 Sat. Rev. 326/2 The democratizing of the House of Commons. 1891 P. A. Ashworth tr. R. Gneist Hist. Eng. Constit. (new ed.) lix. 746 To the further democratizing of the constitution and the bureaucratizing of the Government. 1903 Social-Democrat 7 97 Thus, the so-called democratising of industry through the company makes for the Social Revolution, and renders Revisionist Socialism impossible. 1976 N.Y. Rev. Bks. 15 Apr. 13/4 The extraordinary democratizing of political life in Japan. 2001 P. Kivy New Ess. on Musical Understanding x. 214 The ‘democratizing’ of classical music, like so much democratizing that goes on nowadays, carries with it the danger of leveling. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). democratizingadj. That supports or advocates democracy as a political system, or the implementation of democratic principles; (now usually) that makes something more democratic in organization or character. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > government by the people or their delegates > [adjective] democratic1569 democratian1574 democratical1574 direct1629 democrat1794 democratized1797 democratizing1797 liberal democratic1868 1797 R. Clifford tr. A. Barruel Mem. Hist. Jacobinism II. vi. 225 His periodical publications..were regularly sent from Paris to Geneva to second the fury of the Democratizing Zealots. 1804 W. Cobbett in Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 14 Jan. 40 Mutinous, democratizing, and rebellious tendency of the committees. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlii. 113 The democratizing constitution of 1846. 1893 Nation 21 Sept. 207/3 Nothing more democratic and democratizing..has ever emanated even from the Tories in the days of their greatest distress. 1919 Sabbath Recorder 3 Feb. 154/1 Christianity is the great democratizing power in civilization. 2002 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 16 June ix. 4/1 Despite the democratizing influence of Tiger Woods, golf still seems to draw a crowd that is predominately white and male. 2006 A. Giddens Sociology (ed. 5) xx. 855/1 The Internet is a powerful democratizing force. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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