Word forms: 3rd person singular presenttense democratizes, present participle democratizing, past tense, past participle democratizedregional note: in BRIT, also use democratise
verb
If a country or a system is democratized, it is made democratic.
[journalism]
...a further need to democratize the life of society as a whole. [VERB noun]
He returned to his native country after it had been democratised. [VERB noun]