democratize
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become democratic.
had democratized
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past perfectof democratize.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Aguilar, stated Ollman, took the medium of photography — which had democratized portraiture — and pushed it forward “by turning her lens toward photographically under-represented subjects like herself: Latina, lesbian, large-bodied.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 25, 2018
Great Britain and France had democratized their armies; the United States did the same.
From The Story of the Great War, Volume VI (of VIII) History of the European War from Official Sources by Francis J. (Francis Joseph) Reynolds
