de‧moc‧ra‧tize (also democratise British English) /dɪˈmɒkrətaɪz $ dɪˈmɑː-/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: democracy, democrat, democratization; verb: democratatize; adverb: democratically ≠ UNDEMOCRATICALLY; adjective: democratic ≠ UNDEMOCRATIC]
to change the way in which a government, company etc is organized, so that it is more democratic:
efforts to democratize school management structures
—democratization /dɪˌmɒkrətaɪˈzeɪʃən $ dɪˌmɑːkrətə-/ noun [uncountable]

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