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democratization

American  
[di-mah-kruh-tahy-zay-shuhn] / dɪˌmɑ krə taɪˈzeɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the process of causing or reforming something to be governed by the principles of democracy.


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The man was a deputy of Huh Yun-sik, a senior investigator with the May 18 Democratization Movement Truth Commission, a newly formed government inquiry into the atrocities in Gwangju.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2023

Democratization in the United States has obviously been uneven.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

The bloody incident has been sanctified in textbooks as the “Gwangju Democratization Movement.”

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2021

In “The Democratization of American Christianity,” historian Nathan O. Hatch describes a populist revolt against the legal and medical professions as well.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2021

Democratization of learning, by the cheap books of Aldus, 21.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman