peopleizev.
/ˈpiːpl̩ʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈpipəlˌaɪz/ transitive. To popularize, to make democratic; to cause to belong to the populace (as opposed to those in power); to make accessible to all.
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1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End vi. 208 The Established Church could not do a better thing to begin with, than to peopleise these magnificent edifices [sc. the cathedrals] committed to its trust. I cannot say popularise, because a kind of flashy significance attaches to that word.
1962 China Q. 12 41 Mao's proclaimed desire to ‘people-ise’ the army.
1991 Times 24 Aug. 11/6 The government has ‘peoplised’ 80 bus depots, selling off 3,600 vehicles to more than 30,000 worker-owners.
2000 Village Voice (N.Y.) (Nexis) 26 Sept. 85 He wants to share the wealth (‘peoplize property patterns’) by broadly distributing equity to the have-nots.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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