democratize
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become democratic.
democratized
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past participleof democratize.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof democratize.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
Example Sentences
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With rentals belly up and access to films democratized, there was no further push to innovate, no concerted attempt to compete with the real Hollywood studios.
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
An unexpected consequence is that it democratized the whole stage experience for the band members.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
The new model for AI deployment will be more democratized, with societal benefits that are widely shared and where companies avoid dependency on a small group of frontier models, he said in the interview.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
It enabled trillion-dollar industries, upended retail and media, and democratized access to information on a scale unseen since the Gutenberg press.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
He had reduced private ownership of land, nationalized certain sectors of the economy, pioneered rapid industrialization, democratized education, and built a modem army.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
