Community leaders have had some success in democratizing the organization.
There is internal pressure on the government to democratize.
The magazine's goal is to democratize art.
an effort to democratize politics
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The open-source movement has democratized AI development.—Sam Sammane, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 The Revolution of Individual Impact What excites me most about today’s activist landscape is how technology has democratized impact.—Jay Ruderman, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2025 When Mikhail Gorbachev set out forty years ago to democratize the Soviet Union, one of his boldest moves was to encourage revisionism––or, better, free heterodox argument.—David Remnick, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025 Oldbury sees this as a necessary step in democratizing mindset education.—William Mullane, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for democratize
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borrowed from French démocratiser, from démocratiedemocracy + -iser-ize
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